,this e,book was produced by ,david     
,widger  with the help of ,derek        
,andrew's text from ,january #aiib  and 
the work of ,bryan ,taylor in ,november 
#bjjb4          ,book #jg        ,judges
    #jg3jja3jja ,now after the death of 
,joshua it came to pass1 that the       
children of ,israel asked the ,,lord1   
saying1 ,who shall go up for            
us against the ,canaanites first1 to    
fight against them8    #jg3jja3jjb ,and 
the ,,lord said1 ,judah shall go up3    
behold1 ,i have delivered               
the land into his hand4    #jg3jja3jjc  
,and ,judah said unto ,simeon his       
brother1 ,come up with me into          
my lot1 that we may fight against the   
,canaanites2 and ,i             likewise
 will go with thee into thy lot4 ,so    
,simeon went with             him4      
#jg3jja3jjd ,and ,judah went up2 and the
 ,,lord delivered the ,canaanites and   
the ,perizzites into their hand3 and    
they slew of them in ,bezek             
ten thousand men4    #jg3jja3jje ,and   

they found ,adonibezek in ,bezek3 and   
they fought against             him1 and
 they slew the ,canaanites and the      
,perizzites4    #jg3jja3jjf ,but        
,adonibezek fled2 and they pursued after
 him1 and caught             him1 and   
cut off his thumbs and his great toes4  
#jg3jja3jjg ,and ,adonibezek said1      
,threescore and ten kings1 having their 
thumbs and their great toes cut off1    
gathered their meat under             my
 table3 as ,i have done1 so ,god hath   
requited me4 ,and they                  
brought him to ,jerusalem1 and there he 
died4    #jg3jja3jjh ,now the children  
of ,judah had fought against ,jerusalem1
 and             had taken it1 and      
smitten it with the edge of the sword1  
and             set the city on fire4   
#jg3jja3jji ,and afterward the children 
of ,judah went down to fight against    
the ,canaanites1 that dwelt in the      
mountain1 and in the south1             
and in the valley4    #jg3jja3jaj ,and  
,judah went against the ,canaanites that

 dwelt in ,hebron3             7now the 
name of ,hebron before was              
,kirjatharba37 and they slew            
,sheshai1 and ,ahiman1 and ,talmai4     
#jg3jja3jaa ,and from thence he went    
against the inhabitants of ,debir3 and  
the name of ,debir before was           
,kirjathsepher3    #jg3jja3jab ,and     
,caleb said1 ,he that smiteth           
,kirjathsepher1 and taketh it1          
to him will ,i give ,achsah my daughter 
to wife4    #jg3jja3jac ,and ,othniel   
the son of ,kenaz1 ,caleb's younger     
brother1 took             it3 and he    
gave him ,achsah his daughter to wife4  
#jg3jja3jad ,and it came to pass1 when  
she came to him1 that she moved him     
to ask of her father a field3 and she   
lighted from off her             ass2   
and ,caleb said unto her1 ,what wilt    
thou8    #jg3jja3jae ,and she said unto 
him1 ,give me a blessing3 for thou hast 
given             me a south land2 give 
me also springs of water4 ,and ,caleb   
gave             her the upper springs  

and the nether springs4    #jg3jja3jaf  
,and the children of the ,kenite1       
,moses' father in law1 went up          
out of the city of palm trees with the  
children of ,judah into             the 
wilderness of ,judah1 which lieth in the
 south of ,arad2 and             they   
went and dwelt among the people4        
#jg3jja3jag ,and ,judah went with       
,simeon his brother1 and they slew the  
,canaanites that inhabited ,zephath1 and
 utterly destroyed it4             ,and 
the name of the city was called ,hormah4
    #jg3jja3jah ,also ,judah took ,gaza 
with the coast thereof1 and ,askelon    
with             the coast thereof1 and 
,ekron with the coast thereof4          
#jg3jja3jai ,and the ,,lord was with    
,judah2 and he drave out the inhabitants
             of the mountain2 but could 
not drive out the inhabitants of        
the valley1 because they had chariots of
 iron4    #jg3jja3jbj ,and they gave    
,hebron unto ,caleb1 as ,moses said3 and
 he             expelled thence the     

three sons of ,anak4    #jg3jja3jba ,and
 the children of ,benjamin did not drive
 out the ,jebusites             that    
inhabited ,jerusalem2 but the ,jebusites
 dwell with the             children of 
,benjamin in ,jerusalem unto this day4  
#jg3jja3jbb ,and the house of ,joseph1  
they also went up against ,bethel3 and  
the ,,lord was with them4    #jg3jja3jbc
 ,and the house of ,joseph sent to      
descry ,bethel4 7,now the name          
of the city before was ,luz47           
#jg3jja3jbd ,and the spies saw a man    
come forth out of the city1 and they    
said unto him1 ,shew us1 we pray thee1  
the entrance into the             city1 
and we will shew thee mercy4            
#jg3jja3jbe ,and when he shewed them the
 entrance into the city1 they smote     
the city with the edge of the sword2 but
 they let go the man             and all
 his family4    #jg3jja3jbf ,and the man
 went into the land of the ,hittites1   
and built a             city1 and called
 the name thereof ,luz3 which is the    

name             thereof unto this day4 
#jg3jja3jbg ,neither did ,manasseh drive
 out the inhabitants of ,bethshean      
and her towns1 nor ,taanach and her     
towns1 nor the inhabitants              
of ,dor and her towns1 nor the          
inhabitants of ,ibleam and her          
towns1 nor the inhabitants of ,megiddo  
and her towns3 but the                  
,canaanites would dwell in that land4   
#jg3jja3jbh ,and it came to pass1 when  
,israel was strong1 that they put the   
,canaanites to tribute1 and did not     
utterly drive them out4    #jg3jja3jbi  
,neither did ,ephraim drive out the     
,canaanites that dwelt in               
,gezer2 but the ,canaanites dwelt in    
,gezer among them4    #jg3jja3jcj       
,neither did ,zebulun drive out the     
inhabitants of ,kitron1 nor             
the inhabitants of ,nahalol2 but the    
,canaanites dwelt among                 
them1 and became tributaries4           
#jg3jja3jca ,neither did ,asher drive   
out the inhabitants of ,accho1 nor the  

inhabitants of ,zidon1 nor of ,ahlab1   
nor of ,achzib1 nor of                  
,helbah1 nor of ,aphik1 nor of ,rehob3  
#jg3jja3jcb ,but the ,asherites dwelt   
among the ,canaanites1 the inhabitants  
of the land3 for they did not drive them
 out4    #jg3jja3jcc ,neither did       
,naphtali drive out the inhabitants of  
,bethshemesh1             nor the       
inhabitants of ,bethanath2 but he dwelt 
among the             ,canaanites1 the  
inhabitants of the land3 nevertheless   
the             inhabitants of          
,bethshemesh and of ,bethanath became   
tributaries             unto them4      
#jg3jja3jcd ,and the ,amorites forced   
the children of ,dan into the mountain3 
for they would not suffer them to come  
down to the valley3    #jg3jja3jce ,but 
the ,amorites would dwell in mount      
,heres in ,aijalon1 and in              
,shaalbim3 yet the hand of the house of 
,joseph prevailed1 so             that  
they became tributaries4    #jg3jja3jcf 
,and the coast of the ,amorites was from

 the going up to             ,akrabbim1 
from the rock1 and upward4              
#jg3jjb3jja ,and an angel of the ,,lord 
came up from ,gilgal to ,bochim1 and    
said1 ,i made you to go up out of       
,egypt1 and have brought you            
unto the land which ,i sware unto your  
fathers2 and ,i said1 ,i                
will never break my covenant with you4  
#jg3jjb3jjb ,and ye shall make no league
 with the inhabitants of this land2     
ye shall throw down their altars3 but ye
 have not obeyed my             voice3  
why have ye done this8    #jg3jjb3jjc   
,wherefore ,i also said1 ,i will not    
drive them out from before              
you2 but they shall be as thorns in your
 sides1 and their gods             shall
 be a snare unto you4    #jg3jjb3jjd    
,and it came to pass1 when the angel of 
the ,,lord spake these             words
 unto all the children of ,israel1 that 
the people lifted             up their  
voice1 and wept4    #jg3jjb3jje ,and    
they called the name of that place      

,bochim3 and they             sacrificed
 there unto the ,,lord4    #jg3jjb3jjf  
,and when ,joshua had let the people go1
 the children of ,israel                
went every man unto his inheritance to  
possess the land4    #jg3jjb3jjg ,and   
the people served the ,,lord all the    
days of ,joshua1 and all             the
 days of the elders that outlived       
,joshua1 who had seen all               
the great works of the ,,lord1 that he  
did for ,israel4    #jg3jjb3jjh ,and    
,joshua the son of ,nun1 the servant of 
the ,,lord1 died1             being an  
hundred and ten years old4              
#jg3jjb3jji ,and they buried him in the 
border of his inheritance in            
,timnathheres1 in the mount of ,ephraim1
 on the north side of             the   
hill ,gaash4    #jg3jjb3jaj ,and also   
all that generation were gathered unto  
their fathers3             and there    
arose another generation after them1    
which knew not             the ,,lord1  
nor yet the works which he had done for 

,israel4    #jg3jjb3jaa ,and the        
children of ,israel did evil in the     
sight of the ,,lord1             and    
served ,baalim3    #jg3jjb3jab ,and they
 forsook the ,,lord ,god of their       
fathers1 which brought             them 
out of the land of ,egypt1 and followed 
other gods1 of the             gods of  
the people that were round about them1  
and bowed             themselves unto   
them1 and provoked the ,,lord to anger4 
#jg3jjb3jac ,and they forsook the       
,,lord1 and served ,baal and ,ashtaroth4
    #jg3jjb3jad ,and the anger of the   
,,lord was hot against ,israel1 and he  
delivered them into the hands of        
spoilers that spoiled them1             
and he sold them into the hands of their
 enemies round about1             so    
that they could not any longer stand    
before their enemies4    #jg3jjb3jae    
,whithersoever they went out1 the hand  
of the ,,lord was against               
them for evil1 as the ,,lord had said1  
and as the ,,lord had sworn             

unto them3 and they were greatly        
distressed4    #jg3jjb3jaf ,nevertheless
 the ,,lord raised up judges1 which     
delivered them             out of the   
hand of those that spoiled them4        
#jg3jjb3jag ,and yet they would not     
hearken unto their judges1 but they     
went a whoring after other gods1 and    
bowed themselves unto             them3 
they turned quickly out of the way which
 their fathers             walked in1   
obeying the commandments of the ,,lord2 
but they did             not so4        
#jg3jjb3jah ,and when the ,,lord raised 
them up judges1 then the ,,lord was     
with the judge1 and delivered them out  
of the hand of their             enemies
 all the days of the judge3 for it      
repented the ,,lord             because 
of their groanings by reason of them    
that oppressed             them and     
vexed them4    #jg3jjb3jai ,and it came 
to pass1 when the judge was dead1 that  
they             returned1 and corrupted
 themselves more than their fathers1 in 

following other gods to serve them1 and 
to bow down unto them2             they 
ceased not from their own doings1 nor   
from their stubborn             way4    
#jg3jjb3jbj ,and the anger of the ,,lord
 was hot against ,israel2 and he said1  
,because that this people hath          
transgressed my covenant which ,i       
commanded their fathers1 and have not   
hearkened unto my voice2    #jg3jjb3jba 
,i also will not henceforth drive out   
any from before them of             the 
nations which ,joshua left when he died3
    #jg3jjb3jbb ,that through them ,i   
may prove ,israel1 whether they will    
keep             the way of the ,,lord  
to walk therein1 as their fathers did   
keep             it1 or not4            
#jg3jjb3jbc ,therefore the ,,lord left  
those nations1 without driving them     
out hastily2 neither delivered he them  
into the hand of             ,joshua4   
#jg3jjc3jja ,now these are the nations  
which the ,,lord left1 to prove ,israel 
by them1 even as many of ,israel as had 

not known all the wars             of   
,canaan2    #jg3jjc3jjb ,only that the  
generations of the children of ,israel  
might             know1 to teach them   
war1 at the least such as before knew   
nothing thereof2    #jg3jjc3jjc ,namely1
 five lords of the ,philistines1 and all
 the ,canaanites1             and the   
,sidonians1 and the ,hivites that dwelt 
in mount             ,lebanon1 from     
mount ,baalhermon unto the entering in  
of ,hamath4    #jg3jjc3jjd ,and they    
were to prove ,israel by them1 to know  
whether they             would hearken  
unto the commandments of the ,,lord1    
which he             commanded their    
fathers by the hand of ,moses4          
#jg3jjc3jje ,and the children of ,israel
 dwelt among the ,canaanites1           
,hittites1 and ,amorites1 and           
,perizzites1 and ,hivites1 and          
,jebusites3    #jg3jjc3jjf ,and they    
took their daughters to be their wives1 
and gave             their daughters to 
their sons1 and served their gods4      

#jg3jjc3jjg ,and the children of ,israel
 did evil in the sight of the ,,lord1   
and forgat the ,,lord their ,god1 and   
served ,baalim and the                  
groves4    #jg3jjc3jjh ,therefore the   
anger of the ,,lord was hot against     
,israel1 and he             sold them   
into the hand of ,chushanrishathaim king
 of             ,mesopotamia3 and the   
children of ,israel served              
,chushanrishathaim eight years4         
#jg3jjc3jji ,and when the children of   
,israel cried unto the ,,lord1 the      
,,lord             raised up a deliverer
 to the children of ,israel1 who        
delivered             them1 even        
,othniel the son of ,kenaz1 ,caleb's    
younger brother4    #jg3jjc3jaj ,and the
 ,spirit of the ,,lord came upon him1   
and he judged             ,israel1 and  
went out to war3 and the ,,lord         
delivered             ,chushanrishathaim
 king of ,mesopotamia into his hand2 and
 his             hand prevailed against 
,chushanrishathaim4    #jg3jjc3jaa ,and 

the land had rest forty years4 ,and     
,othniel the son of             ,kenaz  
died4    #jg3jjc3jab ,and the children  
of ,israel did evil again in the sight  
of the             ,,lord3 and the      
,,lord strengthened ,eglon the king of  
,moab against             ,israel1      
because they had done evil in the sight 
of the ,,lord4    #jg3jjc3jac ,and he   
gathered unto him the children of ,ammon
 and ,amalek1 and             went and  
smote ,israel1 and possessed the city of
 palm trees4    #jg3jjc3jad ,so the     
children of ,israel served ,eglon the   
king of ,moab             eighteen      
years4    #jg3jjc3jae ,but when the     
children of ,israel cried unto the      
,,lord1 the ,,lord             raised   
them up a deliverer1 ,ehud the son of   
,gera1 a ,benjamite1             a man  
lefthanded3 and by him the children of  
,israel sent a             present unto 
,eglon the king of ,moab4    #jg3jjc3jaf
 ,but ,ehud made him a dagger which had 
two edges1 of a cubit                   

length2 and he did gird it under his    
raiment upon his right                  
thigh4    #jg3jjc3jag ,and he brought   
the present unto ,eglon king of ,moab3  
and ,eglon             was a very fat   
man4    #jg3jjc3jah ,and when he had    
made an end to offer the present1 he    
sent away             the people that   
bare the present4    #jg3jjc3jai ,but he
 himself turned again from the quarries 
that were by             ,gilgal1 and   
said1 ,i have a secret errand unto thee1
 ,o king3             who said1 ,keep   
silence4 ,and all that stood by him went
 out             from him4              
#jg3jjc3jbj ,and ,ehud came unto him2   
and he was sitting in a summer          
parlour1 which he had for himself alone4
 ,and ,ehud said1 ,i have             a 
message from ,god unto thee4 ,and he    
arose out of his seat4    #jg3jjc3jba   
,and ,ehud put forth his left hand1 and 
took the dagger from his                
right thigh1 and thrust it into his     
belly3    #jg3jjc3jbb ,and the haft also

 went in after the blade2 and the fat   
closed             upon the blade1 so   
that he could not draw the dagger out of
             his belly2 and the dirt    
came out4    #jg3jjc3jbc ,then ,ehud    
went forth through the porch1 and shut  
the doors of             the parlour    
upon him1 and locked them4              
#jg3jjc3jbd ,when he was gone out1 his  
servants came2 and when they saw        
that1 behold1 the doors of the parlour  
were locked1 they said1                 
,surely he covereth his feet in his     
summer chamber4    #jg3jjc3jbe ,and they
 tarried till they were ashamed3 and1   
behold1 he             opened not the   
doors of the parlour2 therefore they    
took a             key1 and opened them3
 and1 behold1 their lord was fallen down
             dead on the earth4         
#jg3jjc3jbf ,and ,ehud escaped while    
they tarried1 and passed beyond the     
quarries1 and escaped unto ,seirath4    
#jg3jjc3jbg ,and it came to pass1 when  
he was come1 that he blew a trumpet     

in the mountain of ,ephraim1 and the    
children of ,israel went                
down with him from the mount1 and he    
before them4    #jg3jjc3jbh ,and he said
 unto them1 ,follow after me3 for the   
,,lord hath             delivered your  
enemies the ,moabites into your hand4   
,and they             went down after   
him1 and took the fords of ,jordan      
toward ,moab1             and suffered  
not a man to pass over4    #jg3jjc3jbi  
,and they slew of ,moab at that time    
about ten thousand men1 all             
lusty1 and all men of valour2 and there 
escaped not a man4    #jg3jjc3jcj ,so   
,moab was subdued that day under the    
hand of ,israel4 ,and the               
land had rest fourscore years4          
#jg3jjc3jca ,and after him was ,shamgar 
the son of ,anath1 which slew of the    
,philistines six hundred men with an ox 
goad3 and he also             delivered 
,israel4    #jg3jjd3jja ,and the        
children of ,israel again did evil in   
the sight of the             ,,lord1    

when ,ehud was dead4    #jg3jjd3jjb ,and
 the ,,lord sold them into the hand of  
,jabin king of ,canaan1             that
 reigned in ,hazor2 the captain of whose
 host was ,sisera1             which    
dwelt in ,harosheth of the ,gentiles4   
#jg3jjd3jjc ,and the children of ,israel
 cried unto the ,,lord3 for he had      
nine hundred chariots of iron2 and      
twenty years he mightily                
oppressed the children of ,israel4      
#jg3jjd3jjd ,and ,deborah1 a prophetess1
 the wife of ,lapidoth1 she judged      
,israel at that time4    #jg3jjd3jje    
,and she dwelt under the palm tree of   
,deborah between ,ramah and             
,bethel in mount ,ephraim3 and the      
children of ,israel came up to          
her for judgment4    #jg3jjd3jjf ,and   
she sent and called ,barak the son of   
,abinoam out of                         
,kedeshnaphtali1 and said unto him1     
,hath not the ,,lord ,god of            
,israel commanded1 saying1 ,go and draw 
toward mount ,tabor1 and                

take with thee ten thousand men of the  
children of ,naphtali             and of
 the children of ,zebulun8              
#jg3jjd3jjg ,and ,i will draw unto thee 
to the river ,kishon ,sisera1 the       
captain of ,jabin's army1 with his      
chariots and his multitude2             
and ,i will deliver him into thine hand4
    #jg3jjd3jjh ,and ,barak said unto   
her1 ,if thou wilt go with me1 then ,i  
will             go3 but if thou wilt   
not go with me1 then ,i will not go4    
#jg3jjd3jji ,and she said1 ,i will      
surely go with thee3 notwithstanding the
             journey that thou takest   
shall not be for thine honour2 for      
the ,,lord shall sell ,sisera into the  
hand of a woman4 ,and                   
,deborah arose1 and went with ,barak to 
,kedesh4    #jg3jjd3jaj ,and ,barak     
called ,zebulun and ,naphtali to        
,kedesh2 and he went             up with
 ten thousand men at his feet3 and      
,deborah went up with             him4  
#jg3jjd3jaa ,now ,heber the ,kenite1    

which was of the children of ,hobab the 
father in law of ,moses1 had severed    
himself from the ,kenites1              
and pitched his tent unto the plain of  
,zaanaim1 which is by                   
,kedesh4    #jg3jjd3jab ,and they shewed
 ,sisera that ,barak the son of ,abinoam
 was gone             up to mount       
,tabor4    #jg3jjd3jac ,and ,sisera     
gathered together all his chariots1 even
 nine             hundred chariots of   
iron1 and all the people that were with 
him1 from ,harosheth of the ,gentiles   
unto the river of ,kishon4              
#jg3jjd3jad ,and ,deborah said unto     
,barak1 ,up2 for this is the day in     
which             the ,,lord hath       
delivered ,sisera into thine hand3 is   
not the             ,,lord gone out     
before thee8 ,so ,barak went down from  
mount             ,tabor1 and ten       
thousand men after him4    #jg3jjd3jae  
,and the ,,lord discomfited ,sisera1 and
 all his chariots1 and all              
his host1 with the edge of the sword    

before ,barak2 so that                  
,sisera lighted down off his chariot1   
and fled away on his             feet4  
#jg3jjd3jaf ,but ,barak pursued after   
the chariots1 and after the host1 unto  
,harosheth of the ,gentiles3 and all the
 host of ,sisera fell             upon  
the edge of the sword2 and there was not
 a man left4    #jg3jjd3jag ,howbeit    
,sisera fled away on his feet to the    
tent of ,jael the             wife of   
,heber the ,kenite3 for there was peace 
between ,jabin             the king of  
,hazor and the house of ,heber the      
,kenite4    #jg3jjd3jah ,and ,jael went 
out to meet ,sisera1 and said unto him1 
,turn in1             my lord1 turn in  
to me2 fear not4 ,and when he had turned
 in             unto her into the tent1 
she covered him with a mantle4          
#jg3jjd3jai ,and he said unto her1 ,give
 me1 ,i pray thee1 a little water to    
drink2 for ,i am thirsty4 ,and she      
opened a bottle of milk1 and            
gave him drink1 and covered him4        

#jg3jjd3jbj ,again he said unto her1    
,stand in the door of the tent1 and it  
shall be1 when any man doth come and    
enquire of thee1 and say1               
,is there any man here8 that thou shalt 
say1 ,no4    #jg3jjd3jba ,then ,jael    
,heber's wife took a nail of the tent1  
and took an             hammer in her   
hand1 and went softly unto him1 and     
smote the             nail into his     
temples1 and fastened it into the       
ground3 for he             was fast     
asleep and weary4 ,so he died4          
#jg3jjd3jbb ,and1 behold1 as ,barak     
pursued ,sisera1 ,jael came out to meet 
him1 and said unto him1 ,come1 and ,i   
will shew thee the man             whom 
thou seekest4 ,and when he came into her
 tent1 behold1             ,sisera lay  
dead1 and the nail was in his temples4  
#jg3jjd3jbc ,so ,god subdued on that day
 ,jabin the king of ,canaan before the  
children of ,israel4    #jg3jjd3jbd ,and
 the hand of the children of ,israel    
prospered1 and             prevailed    

against ,jabin the king of ,canaan1     
until they had             destroyed    
,jabin king of ,canaan4    #jg3jje3jja  
,then sang ,deborah and ,barak the son  
of ,abinoam on that day1                
saying1    #jg3jje3jjb ,praise ye the   
,,lord for the avenging of ,israel1 when
 the people             willingly       
offered themselves4    #jg3jje3jjc      
,hear1 ,o ye kings2 give ear1 ,o ye     
princes2 ,i1 even ,i1 will sing         
unto the ,,lord2 ,i will sing praise to 
the ,,lord ,god of ,israel4             
#jg3jje3jjd ,,lord1 when thou wentest   
out of ,seir1 when thou marchedst out   
of the field of ,edom1 the earth        
trembled1 and the heavens               
dropped1 the clouds also dropped water4 
#jg3jje3jje ,the mountains melted from  
before the ,,lord1 even that ,sinai     
from before the ,,lord ,god of ,israel4 
#jg3jje3jjf ,in the days of ,shamgar the
 son of ,anath1 in the days of ,jael1   
the highways were unoccupied1 and the   
travellers walked             through   

byways4    #jg3jje3jjg ,the inhabitants 
of the villages ceased1 they ceased in  
,israel1             until that ,i      
,deborah arose1 that ,i arose a mother  
in ,israel4    #jg3jje3jjh ,they chose  
new gods2 then was war in the gates3 was
 there a             shield or spear    
seen among forty thousand in ,israel8   
#jg3jje3jji ,my heart is toward the     
governors of ,israel1 that offered      
themselves willingly among the people4  
,bless ye the ,,lord4    #jg3jje3jaj    
,speak1 ye that ride on white asses1 ye 
that sit in judgment1             and   
walk by the way4    #jg3jje3jaa ,they   
that are delivered from the noise of    
archers in the             places of    
drawing water1 there shall they rehearse
 the             righteous acts of the  
,,lord1 even the righteous acts toward  
the             inhabitants of his      
villages in ,israel3 then shall the     
people             of the ,,lord go down
 to the gates4    #jg3jje3jab ,awake1   
awake1 ,deborah3 awake1 awake1 utter a  

song3 arise1             ,barak1 and    
lead thy captivity captive1 thou son of 
,abinoam4    #jg3jje3jac ,then he made  
him that remaineth have dominion over   
the nobles             among the people3
 the ,,lord made me have dominion over  
the             mighty4    #jg3jje3jad  
,out of ,ephraim was there a root of    
them against ,amalek2 after             
thee1 ,benjamin1 among thy people2 out  
of ,machir came down                    
governors1 and out of ,zebulun they that
 handle the pen of the                  
writer4    #jg3jje3jae ,and the princes 
of ,issachar were with ,deborah2 even   
,issachar1             and also ,barak3 
he was sent on foot into the valley4    
,for the             divisions of       
,reuben there were great thoughts of    
heart4    #jg3jje3jaf ,why abodest thou 
among the sheepfolds1 to hear the       
bleatings             of the flocks8    
,for the divisions of ,reuben there were
 great             searchings of heart4 
#jg3jje3jag ,gilead abode beyond        

,jordan3 and why did ,dan remain in     
ships8             ,asher continued on  
the sea shore1 and abode in his         
breaches4    #jg3jje3jah ,zebulun and   
,naphtali were a people that jeoparded  
their lives             unto the death  
in the high places of the field4        
#jg3jje3jai ,the kings came and fought1 
then fought the kings of ,canaan in     
,taanach by the waters of ,megiddo2 they
 took no gain of money4    #jg3jje3jbj  
,they fought from heaven2 the stars in  
their courses fought             against
 ,sisera4    #jg3jje3jba ,the river of  
,kishon swept them away1 that ancient   
river1 the             river ,kishon4 ,o
 my soul1 thou hast trodden down        
strength4    #jg3jje3jbb ,then were the 
horsehoofs broken by the means of the   
pransings1             the pransings of 
their mighty ones4    #jg3jje3jbc ,curse
 ye ,meroz1 said the angel of the       
,,lord1 curse ye bitterly               
the inhabitants thereof2 because they   
came not to the help of             the 

,,lord1 to the help of the ,,lord       
against the mighty4    #jg3jje3jbd      
,blessed above women shall ,jael the    
wife of ,heber the ,kenite              
be1 blessed shall she be above women in 
the tent4    #jg3jje3jbe ,he asked      
water1 and she gave him milk2 she       
brought forth             butter in a   
lordly dish4    #jg3jje3jbf ,she put her
 hand to the nail1 and her right hand to
 the             workmen's hammer2 and  
with the hammer she smote ,sisera1 she  
smote off his head1 when she had pierced
 and stricken through             his   
temples4    #jg3jje3jbg ,at her feet he 
bowed1 he fell1 he lay down3 at her feet
 he             bowed1 he fell3 where he
 bowed1 there he fell down dead4        
#jg3jje3jbh ,the mother of ,sisera      
looked out at a window1 and cried       
through             the lattice1 ,why is
 his chariot so long in coming8 why     
tarry             the wheels of his     
chariots8    #jg3jje3jbi ,her wise      
ladies answered her1 yea1 she returned  

answer to             herself1          
#jg3jje3jcj ,have they not sped8 have   
they not divided the prey2 to every     
man a damsel or two2 to ,sisera a prey  
of divers colours1 a             prey of
 divers colours of needlework1 of divers
 colours of             needlework on   
both sides1 meet for the necks of them  
that take             the spoil8        
#jg3jje3jca ,so let all thine enemies   
perish1 ,o ,,lord3 but let them that    
love him be as the sun when he goeth    
forth in his might4 ,and             the
 land had rest forty years4             
#jg3jjf3jja ,and the children of ,israel
 did evil in the sight of the ,,lord3   
and the ,,lord delivered them into the  
hand of ,midian seven             years4
    #jg3jjf3jjb ,and the hand of ,midian
 prevailed against ,israel3 and because 
of the ,midianites the children of      
,israel made them the dens              
which are in the mountains1 and caves1  
and strong holds4    #jg3jjf3jjc ,and so
 it was1 when ,israel had sown1 that the

 ,midianites came             up1 and   
the ,amalekites1 and the children of the
 east1 even             they came up    
against them2    #jg3jjf3jjd ,and they  
encamped against them1 and destroyed the
 increase of             the earth1 till
 thou come unto ,gaza1 and left no      
sustenance             for ,israel1     
neither sheep1 nor ox1 nor ass4         
#jg3jjf3jje ,for they came up with their
 cattle and their tents1 and they       
came as grasshoppers for multitude2 for 
both they and their             camels  
were without number3 and they entered   
into the land to             destroy it4
    #jg3jjf3jjf ,and ,israel was greatly
 impoverished because of the            
,midianites2             and the        
children of ,israel cried unto the      
,,lord4    #jg3jjf3jjg ,and it came to  
pass1 when the children of ,israel cried
 unto             the ,,lord because of 
the ,midianites1    #jg3jjf3jjh ,that   
the ,,lord sent a prophet unto the      
children of ,israel1             which  

said unto them1 ,thus saith the ,,lord  
,god of ,israel1 ,i             brought 
you up from ,egypt1 and brought you     
forth out of the             house of   
bondage2    #jg3jjf3jji ,and ,i         
delivered you out of the hand of the    
,egyptians1 and out             of the  
hand of all that oppressed you1 and     
drave them out from             before  
you1 and gave you their land2           
#jg3jjf3jaj ,and ,i said unto you1 ,i am
 the ,,lord your ,god2 fear not the gods
             of the ,amorites1 in whose 
land ye dwell3 but ye have not          
obeyed my voice4    #jg3jjf3jaa ,and    
there came an angel of the ,,lord1 and  
sat under an oak             which was  
in ,ophrah1 that pertained unto ,joash  
the ,abiezrite3             and his son 
,gideon threshed wheat by the winepress1
 to hide it             from the        
,midianites4    #jg3jjf3jab ,and the    
angel of the ,,lord appeared unto him1  
and said unto             him1 ,the     
,,lord is with thee1 thou mighty man of 

valour4    #jg3jjf3jac ,and ,gideon said
 unto him1 ,oh my ,lord1 if the ,,lord  
be with us1             why then is all 
this befallen us8 and where be all his  
miracles which our fathers told us of1  
saying1 ,did not the             ,,lord 
bring us up from ,egypt8 but now the    
,,lord hath forsaken             us1 and
 delivered us into the hands of the     
,midianites4    #jg3jjf3jad ,and the    
,,lord looked upon him1 and said1 ,go in
 this thy might1             and thou   
shalt save ,israel from the hand of the 
,midianites3             have not ,i    
sent thee8    #jg3jjf3jae ,and he said  
unto him1 ,oh my ,lord1 wherewith shall 
,i save             ,israel8 behold1 my 
family is poor in ,manasseh1 and ,i am  
the             least in my father's    
house4    #jg3jjf3jaf ,and the ,,lord   
said unto him1 ,surely ,i will be with  
thee1 and             thou shalt smite  
the ,midianites as one man4             
#jg3jjf3jag ,and he said unto him1 ,if  
now ,i have found grace in thy sight1   

then shew me a sign that thou talkest   
with me4    #jg3jjf3jah ,depart not     
hence1 ,i pray thee1 until ,i come unto 
thee1 and             bring forth my    
present1 and set it before thee4 ,and he
 said1 ,i             will tarry until  
thou come again4    #jg3jjf3jai ,and    
,gideon went in1 and made ready a kid1  
and unleavened cakes             of an  
ephah of flour3 the flesh he put in a   
basket1 and he put             the broth
 in a pot1 and brought it out unto him  
under the oak1             and presented
 it4    #jg3jjf3jbj ,and the angel of   
,god said unto him1 ,take the flesh and 
the             unleavened cakes1 and   
lay them upon this rock1 and pour out   
the broth4 ,and he did so4              
#jg3jjf3jba ,then the angel of the      
,,lord put forth the end of the staff   
that             was in his hand1 and   
touched the flesh and the unleavened    
cakes2 and there rose up fire out of the
 rock1 and consumed             the     
flesh and the unleavened cakes4 ,then   

the angel of the ,,lord                 
departed out of his sight4              
#jg3jjf3jbb ,and when ,gideon perceived 
that he was an angel of the ,,lord1     
,gideon said1 ,alas1 ,o ,,lord ,god6 for
 because ,i have seen an                
angel of the ,,lord face to face4       
#jg3jjf3jbc ,and the ,,lord said unto   
him1 ,peace be unto thee2 fear not3 thou
             shalt not die4             
#jg3jjf3jbd ,then ,gideon built an altar
 there unto the ,,lord1 and called it   
,jehovahshalom3 unto this day it is yet 
in ,ophrah of the                       
,abiezrites4    #jg3jjf3jbe ,and it came
 to pass the same night1 that the ,,lord
 said unto             him1 ,take thy   
father's young bullock1 even the second 
bullock             of seven years old1 
and throw down the altar of ,baal that  
thy             father hath1 and cut    
down the grove that is by it3           
#jg3jjf3jbf ,and build an altar unto the
 ,,lord thy ,god upon the top of this   
rock1 in the ordered place1 and take the

 second bullock1 and             offer a
 burnt sacrifice with the wood of the   
grove which thou             shalt cut  
down4    #jg3jjf3jbg ,then ,gideon took 
ten men of his servants1 and did as the 
,,lord             had said unto him3   
and so it was1 because he feared his    
father's household1 and the men of the  
city1 that he could not             do  
it by day1 that he did it by night4     
#jg3jjf3jbh ,and when the men of the    
city arose early in the morning1        
behold1 the altar of ,baal was cast     
down1 and the grove was cut             
down that was by it1 and the second     
bullock was offered upon             the
 altar that was built4    #jg3jjf3jbi   
,and they said one to another1 ,who hath
 done this thing8 ,and             when 
they enquired and asked1 they said1     
,gideon the son of             ,joash   
hath done this thing4    #jg3jjf3jcj    
,then the men of the city said unto     
,joash1 ,bring out thy son1             
that he may die3 because he hath cast   

down the altar of ,baal1             and
 because he hath cut down the grove that
 was by it4    #jg3jjf3jca ,and ,joash  
said unto all that stood against him1   
,will ye plead             for ,baal8   
will ye save him8 he that will plead for
 him1 let             him be put to     
death whilst it is yet morning3 if he be
 a god1             let him plead for   
himself1 because one hath cast down his 
altar4    #jg3jjf3jcb ,therefore on that
 day he called him ,jerubbaal1 saying1  
,let             ,baal plead against    
him1 because he hath thrown down his    
altar4    #jg3jjf3jcc ,then all the     
,midianites and the ,amalekites and the 
children of             the east were   
gathered together1 and went over1 and   
pitched in             the valley of    
,jezreel4    #jg3jjf3jcd ,but the       
,spirit of the ,,lord came upon ,gideon1
 and he blew a             trumpet2 and 
,abiezer was gathered after him4        
#jg3jjf3jce ,and he sent messengers     
throughout all ,manasseh2 who also was  

gathered after him3 and he sent         
messengers unto ,asher1 and             
unto ,zebulun1 and unto ,naphtali2 and  
they came up to meet             them4  
#jg3jjf3jcf ,and ,gideon said unto ,god1
 ,if thou wilt save ,israel by mine     
hand1 as thou hast said1    #jg3jjf3jcg 
,behold1 ,i will put a fleece of wool in
 the floor2 and if the             dew  
be on the fleece only1 and it be dry    
upon all the earth             beside1  
then shall ,i know that thou wilt save  
,israel by mine             hand1 as    
thou hast said4    #jg3jjf3jch ,and it  
was so3 for he rose up early on the     
morrow1 and thrust             the      
fleece together1 and wringed the dew out
 of the fleece1 a             bowl full 
of water4    #jg3jjf3jci ,and ,gideon   
said unto ,god1 ,let not thine anger be 
hot against             me1 and ,i will 
speak but this once3 let me prove1 ,i   
pray thee1             but this once    
with the fleece2 let it now be dry only 
upon the             fleece1 and upon   

all the ground let there be dew4        
#jg3jjf3jdj ,and ,god did so that night3
 for it was dry upon the fleece         
only1 and there was dew on all the      
ground4    #jg3jjg3jja ,then ,jerubbaal1
 who is ,gideon1 and all the people that
 were             with him1 rose up     
early1 and pitched beside the well of   
,harod3             so that the host of 
the ,midianites were on the north side  
of             them1 by the hill of     
,moreh1 in the valley4    #jg3jjg3jjb   
,and the ,,lord said unto ,gideon1 ,the 
people that are with thee               
are too many for me to give the         
,midianites into their hands1           
lest ,israel vaunt themselves against   
me1 saying1 ,mine own hand              
hath saved me4    #jg3jjg3jjc ,now      
therefore go to1 proclaim in the ears of
 the people1             saying1        
,whosoever is fearful and afraid1 let   
him return and             depart early 
from mount ,gilead4 ,and there returned 
of the             people twenty and two

 thousand2 and there remained ten       
thousand4    #jg3jjg3jjd ,and the ,,lord
 said unto ,gideon1 ,the people are yet 
too many2             bring them down   
unto the water1 and ,i will try them for
 thee             there3 and it shall   
be1 that of whom ,i say unto thee1 ,this
             shall go with thee1 the    
same shall go with thee2 and of         
whomsoever ,i say unto thee1 ,this shall
 not go with thee1 the             same 
shall not go4    #jg3jjg3jje ,so he     
brought down the people unto the water3 
and the ,,lord             said unto    
,gideon1 ,every one that lappeth of the 
water with his             tongue1 as a 
dog lappeth1 him shalt thou set by      
himself2             likewise every one 
that boweth down upon his knees to      
drink4    #jg3jjg3jjf ,and the number of
 them that lapped1 putting their hand to
             their mouth1 were three    
hundred men3 but all the rest of the    
people bowed down upon their knees to   
drink water4    #jg3jjg3jjg ,and the    

,,lord said unto ,gideon1 ,by the three 
hundred men that             lapped will
 ,i save you1 and deliver the           
,midianites into thine             hand3
 and let all the other people go every  
man unto his             place4         
#jg3jjg3jjh ,so the people took victuals
 in their hand1 and their trumpets3     
and he sent all the rest of ,israel     
every man unto his tent1             and
 retained those three hundred men3 and  
the host of ,midian             was     
beneath him in the valley4              
#jg3jjg3jji ,and it came to pass the    
same night1 that the ,,lord said unto   
him1 ,arise1 get thee down unto the     
host2 for ,i have delivered             
it into thine hand4    #jg3jjg3jaj ,but 
if thou fear to go down1 go thou with   
,phurah thy servant             down to 
the host3    #jg3jjg3jaa ,and thou shalt
 hear what they say2 and afterward shall
 thine             hands be strengthened
 to go down unto the host4 ,then went he
             down with ,phurah his      

servant unto the outside of the armed   
men             that were in the host4  
#jg3jjg3jab ,and the ,midianites and the
 ,amalekites and all the children of    
the east lay along in the valley like   
grasshoppers for             multitude2 
and their camels were without number1 as
 the sand             by the sea side   
for multitude4    #jg3jjg3jac ,and when 
,gideon was come1 behold1 there was a   
man that told a             dream unto  
his fellow1 and said1 ,behold1 ,i       
dreamed a dream1             and1 lo1 a 
cake of barley bread tumbled into the   
host of             ,midian1 and came   
unto a tent1 and smote it that it fell1 
and             overturned it1 that the 
tent lay along4    #jg3jjg3jad ,and his 
fellow answered and said1 ,this is      
nothing else save             the sword 
of ,gideon the son of ,joash1 a man of  
,israel3 for             into his hand  
hath ,god delivered ,midian1 and all the
 host4    #jg3jjg3jae ,and it was so1   
when ,gideon heard the telling of the   

dream1 and             the              
interpretation thereof1 that he         
worshipped1 and returned                
into the host of ,israel1 and said1     
,arise2 for the ,,lord hath             
delivered into your hand the host of    
,midian4    #jg3jjg3jaf ,and he divided 
the three hundred men into three        
companies1 and             he put a     
trumpet in every man's hand1 with empty 
pitchers1 and             lamps within  
the pitchers4    #jg3jjg3jag ,and he    
said unto them1 ,look on me1 and do     
likewise3 and1             behold1 when 
,i come to the outside of the camp1 it  
shall be             that1 as ,i do1 so 
shall ye do4    #jg3jjg3jah ,when ,i    
blow with a trumpet1 ,i and all that are
 with me1 then             blow ye the  
trumpets also on every side of all the  
camp1 and             say1 ,the sword of
 the ,,lord1 and of ,gideon4            
#jg3jjg3jai ,so ,gideon1 and the hundred
 men that were with him1 came unto      
the outside of the camp in the beginning

 of the middle watch2             and   
they had but newly set the watch3 and   
they blew the             trumpets1 and 
brake the pitchers that were in their   
hands4    #jg3jjg3jbj ,and the three    
companies blew the trumpets1 and brake  
the             pitchers1 and held the  
lamps in their left hands1 and the      
trumpets in their right hands to blow   
withal3 and they cried1             ,the
 sword of the ,,lord1 and of ,gideon4   
#jg3jjg3jba ,and they stood every man in
 his place round about the camp2        
and all the host ran1 and cried1 and    
fled4    #jg3jjg3jbb ,and the three     
hundred blew the trumpets1 and the      
,,lord set             every man's sword
 against his fellow1 even throughout all
 the             host3 and the host fled
 to ,bethshittah in ,zererath1 and to   
the             border of ,abelmeholah1 
unto ,tabbath4    #jg3jjg3jbc ,and the  
men of ,israel gathered themselves      
together out of             ,naphtali1  
and out of ,asher1 and out of all       

,manasseh1 and             pursued after
 the ,midianites4    #jg3jjg3jbd ,and   
,gideon sent messengers throughout all  
mount ,ephraim1             saying1 come
 down against the ,midianites1 and take 
before them             the waters unto 
,bethbarah and ,jordan4 ,then all the   
men of             ,ephraim gathered    
themselves together1 and took the waters
 unto             ,bethbarah and        
,jordan4    #jg3jjg3jbe ,and they took  
two princes of the ,midianites1 ,oreb   
and ,zeeb2             and they slew    
,oreb upon the rock ,oreb1 and ,zeeb    
they slew at             the winepress  
of ,zeeb1 and pursued ,midian1 and      
brought the             heads of ,oreb  
and ,zeeb to ,gideon on the other side  
,jordan4    #jg3jjh3jja ,and the men of 
,ephraim said unto him1 ,why hast thou  
served us             thus1 that thou   
calledst us not1 when thou wentest to   
fight             with the ,midianites8 
,and they did chide with him sharply4   
#jg3jjh3jjb ,and he said unto them1     

,what have ,i done now in comparison of 
you8 ,is not the gleaning of the grapes 
of ,ephraim better than             the 
vintage of ,abiezer8    #jg3jjh3jjc ,god
 hath delivered into your hands the     
princes of ,midian1 ,oreb               
and ,zeeb3 and what was ,i able to do in
 comparison of you8 ,then               
their anger was abated toward him1 when 
he had said that4    #jg3jjh3jjd ,and   
,gideon came to ,jordan1 and passed     
over1 he1 and the three                 
hundred men that were with him1 faint1  
yet pursuing them4    #jg3jjh3jje ,and  
he said unto the men of ,succoth1 ,give1
 ,i pray you1 loaves             of     
bread unto the people that follow me2   
for they be faint1             and ,i am
 pursuing after ,zebah and ,zalmunna1   
kings of ,midian4    #jg3jjh3jjf ,and   
the princes of ,succoth said1 ,are the  
hands of ,zebah and                     
,zalmunna now in thine hand1 that we    
should give bread unto             thine
 army8    #jg3jjh3jjg ,and ,gideon said1

 ,therefore when the ,,lord hath        
delivered ,zebah             and        
,zalmunna into mine hand1 then ,i will  
tear your flesh with             the    
thorns of the wilderness and with       
briers4    #jg3jjh3jjh ,and he went up  
thence to ,penuel1 and spake unto them  
likewise3             and the men of    
,penuel answered him as the men of      
,succoth had             answered him4  
#jg3jjh3jji ,and he spake also unto the 
men of ,penuel1 saying1 ,when ,i come   
again in peace1 ,i will break down this 
tower4    #jg3jjh3jaj ,now ,zebah and   
,zalmunna were in ,karkor1 and their    
hosts with             them1 about      
fifteen thousand men1 all that were left
 of all             the hosts of the    
children of the east3 for there fell an 
hundred and twenty thousand men that    
drew sword4    #jg3jjh3jaa ,and ,gideon 
went up by the way of them that dwelt in
 tents on             the east of ,nobah
 and ,jogbehah1 and smote the host2 for 
the             host was secure4        

#jg3jjh3jab ,and when ,zebah and        
,zalmunna fled1 he pursued after them1  
and             took the two kings of   
,midian1 ,zebah and ,zalmunna1 and      
discomfited all the host4    #jg3jjh3jac
 ,and ,gideon the son of ,joash returned
 from battle before the             sun 
was up1    #jg3jjh3jad ,and caught a    
young man of the men of ,succoth1 and   
enquired of             him3 and he     
described unto him the princes of       
,succoth1 and the             elders    
thereof1 even threescore and seventeen  
men4    #jg3jjh3jae ,and he came unto   
the men of ,succoth1 and said1 ,behold  
,zebah             and ,zalmunna1 with  
whom ye did upbraid me1 saying1 ,are the
             hands of ,zebah and        
,zalmunna now in thine hand1 that we    
should             give bread unto thy  
men that are weary8    #jg3jjh3jaf ,and 
he took the elders of the city1 and     
thorns of the             wilderness and
 briers1 and with them he taught the men
 of             ,succoth4    #jg3jjh3jag

 ,and he beat down the tower of ,penuel1
 and slew the men of the                
city4    #jg3jjh3jah ,then said he unto 
,zebah and ,zalmunna1 ,what manner of   
men were             they whom ye slew  
at ,tabor8 ,and they answered1 ,as thou 
art1 so             were they2 each one 
resembled the children of a king4       
#jg3jjh3jai ,and he said1 ,they were my 
brethren1 even the sons of my           
mother3 as the ,,lord liveth1 if ye had 
saved them alive1 ,i             would  
not slay you4    #jg3jjh3jbj ,and he    
said unto ,jether his firstborn1 ,up1   
and slay them4 ,but             the     
youth drew not his sword3 for he feared1
 because he was             yet a youth4
    #jg3jjh3jba ,then ,zebah and        
,zalmunna said1 ,rise thou1 and fall    
upon us3 for             as the man is1 
so is his strength4 ,and ,gideon arose1 
and slew             ,zebah and         
,zalmunna1 and took away the ornaments  
that were on             their camels'  
necks4    #jg3jjh3jbb ,then the men of  

,israel said unto ,gideon1 ,rule thou   
over us1             both thou1 and thy 
son1 and thy son's son also3 for thou   
hast             delivered us from the  
hand of ,midian4    #jg3jjh3jbc ,and    
,gideon said unto them1 ,i will not rule
 over you1 neither             shall my 
son rule over you3 the ,,lord shall rule
 over you4    #jg3jjh3jbd ,and ,gideon  
said unto them1 ,i would desire a       
request of you1             that ye     
would give me every man the earrings of 
his prey4 7,for             they had    
golden earrings1 because they were      
,ishmaelites47    #jg3jjh3jbe ,and they 
answered1 ,we will willingly give them4 
,and they             spread a garment1 
and did cast therein every man the      
earrings             of his prey4       
#jg3jjh3jbf ,and the weight of the      
golden earrings that he requested was a 
thousand and seven hundred shekels of   
gold2 beside ornaments1             and 
collars1 and purple raiment that was on 
the kings of             ,midian1 and   

beside the chains that were about their 
camels'             necks4              
#jg3jjh3jbg ,and ,gideon made an ephod  
thereof1 and put it in his city1 even   
in ,ophrah3 and all ,israel went thither
 a whoring after it3             which  
thing became a snare unto ,gideon1 and  
to his house4    #jg3jjh3jbh ,thus was  
,midian subdued before the children of  
,israel1 so that             they lifted
 up their heads no more4 ,and the       
country was in             quietness    
forty years in the days of ,gideon4     
#jg3jjh3jbi ,and ,jerubbaal the son of  
,joash went and dwelt in his own        
house4    #jg3jjh3jcj ,and ,gideon had  
threescore and ten sons of his body     
begotten3             for he had many   
wives4    #jg3jjh3jca ,and his concubine
 that was in ,shechem1 she also bare him
 a             son1 whose name he called
 ,abimelech4    #jg3jjh3jcb ,and ,gideon
 the son of ,joash died in a good old   
age1 and was             buried in the  
sepulchre of ,joash his father1 in      

,ophrah of the             ,abiezrites4 
#jg3jjh3jcc ,and it came to pass1 as    
soon as ,gideon was dead1 that the      
children of ,israel turned again1 and   
went a whoring after                    
,baalim1 and made ,baalberith their god4
    #jg3jjh3jcd ,and the children of    
,israel remembered not the ,,lord their 
,god1             who had delivered them
 out of the hands of all their enemies  
on every side3    #jg3jjh3jce ,neither  
shewed they kindness to the house of    
,jerubbaal1             namely1 ,gideon1
 according to all the goodness which he 
had             shewed unto ,israel4    
#jg3jji3jja ,and ,abimelech the son of  
,jerubbaal went to ,shechem unto his    
mother's brethren1 and communed with    
them1 and with all the                  
family of the house of his mother's     
father1 saying1    #jg3jji3jjb ,speak1  
,i pray you1 in the ears of all the men 
of ,shechem1             ,whether is    
better for you1 either that all the sons
 of             ,jerubbaal1 which are   

threescore and ten persons1 reign over  
you1 or that one reign over you8        
remember also that ,i am your           
bone and your flesh4    #jg3jji3jjc ,and
 his mother's brethren spake of him in  
the ears of all the             men of  
,shechem all these words3 and their     
hearts inclined to             follow   
,abimelech2 for they said1 ,he is our   
brother4    #jg3jji3jjd ,and they gave  
him threescore and ten pieces of silver 
out of             the house of         
,baalberith1 wherewith ,abimelech hired 
vain and             light persons1     
which followed him4    #jg3jji3jje ,and 
he went unto his father's house at      
,ophrah1 and slew his                   
brethren the sons of ,jerubbaal1 being  
threescore and ten             persons1 
upon one stone3 notwithstanding yet     
,jotham the             youngest son of 
,jerubbaal was left2 for he hid himself4
    #jg3jji3jjf ,and all the men of     
,shechem gathered together1 and all the 
house of ,millo1 and went1 and made     

,abimelech king1 by the                 
plain of the pillar that was in         
,shechem4    #jg3jji3jjg ,and when they 
told it to ,jotham1 he went and stood in
 the top             of mount ,gerizim1 
and lifted up his voice1 and cried1 and 
said             unto them1 ,hearken    
unto me1 ye men of ,shechem1 that ,god  
may             hearken unto you4       
#jg3jji3jjh ,the trees went forth on a  
time to anoint a king over them2 and    
they said unto the olive tree1 ,reign   
thou over us4    #jg3jji3jji ,but the   
olive tree said unto them1 ,should ,i   
leave my fatness1             wherewith 
by me they honour ,god and man1 and go  
to be promoted             over the     
trees8    #jg3jji3jaj ,and the trees    
said to the fig tree1 ,come thou1 and   
reign over             us4              
#jg3jji3jaa ,but the fig tree said unto 
them1 ,should ,i forsake my             
sweetness1 and my good fruit1 and go to 
be promoted over the             trees8 
#jg3jji3jab ,then said the trees unto   

the vine1 ,come thou1 and reign over    
us4    #jg3jji3jac ,and the vine said   
unto them1 ,should ,i leave my wine1    
which             cheereth ,god and man1
 and go to be promoted over the trees8  
#jg3jji3jad ,then said all the trees    
unto the bramble1 ,come thou1 and reign 
over us4    #jg3jji3jae ,and the bramble
 said unto the trees1 ,if in truth ye   
anoint me             king over you1    
then come and put your trust in my      
shadow3 and             if not1 let fire
 come out of the bramble1 and devour the
             cedars of ,lebanon4        
#jg3jji3jaf ,now therefore1 if ye have  
done truly and sincerely1 in that ye    
have made ,abimelech king1 and if ye    
have dealt well with                    
,jerubbaal and his house1 and have done 
unto him according to             the   
deserving of his hands2    #jg3jji3jag  
7,for my father fought for you1 and     
adventured his life far1             and
 delivered you out of the hand of       
,midian3    #jg3jji3jah ,and ye are     

risen up against my father's house this 
day1 and             have slain his     
sons1 threescore and ten persons1 upon  
one             stone1 and have made    
,abimelech1 the son of his maidservant1 
king over the men of ,shechem1 because  
he is your brother27    #jg3jji3jai ,if 
ye then have dealt truly and sincerely  
with ,jerubbaal and             with his
 house this day1 then rejoice ye in     
,abimelech1 and let             him also
 rejoice in you3    #jg3jji3jbj ,but if 
not1 let fire come out from ,abimelech1 
and devour the             men of       
,shechem1 and the house of ,millo2 and  
let fire come out             from the  
men of ,shechem1 and from the house of  
,millo1 and             devour          
,abimelech4    #jg3jji3jba ,and ,jotham 
ran away1 and fled1 and went to ,beer1  
and dwelt             there1 for fear of
 ,abimelech his brother4    #jg3jji3jbb 
,when ,abimelech had reigned three years
 over ,israel1    #jg3jji3jbc ,then ,god
 sent an evil spirit between ,abimelech 

and the men of             ,shechem2 and
 the men of ,shechem dealt treacherously
 with             ,abimelech3           
#jg3jji3jbd ,that the cruelty done to   
the threescore and ten sons of          
,jerubbaal might come1 and their blood  
be laid upon ,abimelech                 
their brother1 which slew them2 and upon
 the men of ,shechem1             which 
aided him in the killing of his         
brethren4    #jg3jji3jbe ,and the men of
 ,shechem set liers in wait for him in  
the top of             the mountains1   
and they robbed all that came along that
 way by             them3 and it was    
told ,abimelech4    #jg3jji3jbf ,and    
,gaal the son of ,ebed came with his    
brethren1 and went over             to  
,shechem3 and the men of ,shechem put   
their confidence in             him4    
#jg3jji3jbg ,and they went out into the 
fields1 and gathered their              
vineyards1 and trode the grapes1 and    
made merry1 and went into               
the house of their god1 and did eat and 

drink1 and cursed                       
,abimelech4    #jg3jji3jbh ,and ,gaal   
the son of ,ebed said1 ,who is          
,abimelech1 and who is                  
,shechem1 that we should serve him8 is  
not he the son of                       
,jerubbaal8 and ,zebul his officer8     
serve the men of ,hamor the             
father of ,shechem3 for why should we   
serve him8    #jg3jji3jbi ,and would to 
,god this people were under my hand6    
then would ,i             remove        
,abimelech4 ,and he said to ,abimelech1 
,increase thine             army1 and   
come out4    #jg3jji3jcj ,and when      
,zebul the ruler of the city heard the  
words of ,gaal             the son of   
,ebed1 his anger was kindled4           
#jg3jji3jca ,and he sent messengers unto
 ,abimelech privily1 saying1 ,behold1   
,gaal the son of ,ebed and his brethren 
be come to ,shechem2 and1               
behold1 they fortify the city against   
thee4    #jg3jji3jcb ,now therefore up  
by night1 thou and the people that is   

with             thee1 and lie in wait  
in the field3    #jg3jji3jcc ,and it    
shall be1 that in the morning1 as soon  
as the sun is             up1 thou shalt
 rise early1 and set upon the city3 and1
 behold1             when he and the    
people that is with him come out against
 thee1             then mayest thou do  
to them as thou shalt find occasion4    
#jg3jji3jcd ,and ,abimelech rose up1 and
 all the people that were with him1     
by night1 and they laid wait against    
,shechem in four             companies4 
#jg3jji3jce ,and ,gaal the son of ,ebed 
went out1 and stood in the entering     
of the gate of the city3 and ,abimelech 
rose up1 and the people             that
 were with him1 from lying in wait4     
#jg3jji3jcf ,and when ,gaal saw the     
people1 he said to ,zebul1 ,behold1     
there             come people down from 
the top of the mountains4 ,and ,zebul   
said             unto him1 ,thou seest  
the shadow of the mountains as if they  
were men4    #jg3jji3jcg ,and ,gaal     

spake again1 and said1 ,see there come  
people down by             the middle of
 the land1 and another company come     
along by the             plain of       
,meonenim4    #jg3jji3jch ,then said    
,zebul unto him1 ,where is now thy      
mouth1 wherewith             thou       
saidst1 ,who is ,abimelech1 that we     
should serve him8 is             not    
this the people that thou hast despised8
 go out1 ,i pray             now1 and   
fight with them4    #jg3jji3jci ,and    
,gaal went out before the men of        
,shechem1 and fought with               
,abimelech4    #jg3jji3jdj ,and         
,abimelech chased him1 and he fled      
before him1 and many             were   
overthrown and wounded1 even unto the   
entering of the             gate4       
#jg3jji3jda ,and ,abimelech dwelt at    
,arumah3 and ,zebul thrust out ,gaal and
             his brethren1 that they    
should not dwell in ,shechem4           
#jg3jji3jdb ,and it came to pass on the 
morrow1 that the people went out        

into the field2 and they told           
,abimelech4    #jg3jji3jdc ,and he took 
the people1 and divided them into three 
companies1             and laid wait in 
the field1 and looked1 and1 behold1 the 
people were come forth out of the city2 
and he rose up against             them1
 and smote them4    #jg3jji3jdd ,and    
,abimelech1 and the company that was    
with him1 rushed             forward1   
and stood in the entering of the gate of
 the city3             and the two other
 companies ran upon all the people that 
were             in the fields1 and slew
 them4    #jg3jji3jde ,and ,abimelech   
fought against the city all that day2   
and he             took the city1 and   
slew the people that was therein1 and   
beat             down the city1 and     
sowed it with salt4    #jg3jji3jdf ,and 
when all the men of the tower of        
,shechem heard that1 they               
entered into an hold of the house of the
 god ,berith4    #jg3jji3jdg ,and it was
 told ,abimelech1 that all the men of   

the tower of             ,shechem were  
gathered together4    #jg3jji3jdh ,and  
,abimelech gat him up to mount ,zalmon1 
he and all the             people that  
were with him2 and ,abimelech took an   
axe in his             hand1 and cut    
down a bough from the trees1 and took   
it1 and             laid it on his      
shoulder1 and said unto the people that 
were             with him1 ,what ye have
 seen me do1 make haste1 and do as ,i   
have done4    #jg3jji3jdi ,and all the  
people likewise cut down every man his  
bough1 and             followed         
,abimelech1 and put them to the hold1   
and set the hold             on fire    
upon them2 so that all the men of the   
tower of ,shechem             died also1
 about a thousand men and women4        
#jg3jji3jej ,then went ,abimelech to    
,thebez1 and encamped against ,thebez1  
and took it4    #jg3jji3jea ,but there  
was a strong tower within the city1 and 
thither fled             all the men and
 women1 and all they of the city1 and   

shut it             to them1 and gat    
them up to the top of the tower4        
#jg3jji3jeb ,and ,abimelech came unto   
the tower1 and fought against it1 and   
went hard unto the door of the tower to 
burn it with fire4    #jg3jji3jec ,and a
 certain woman cast a piece of a        
millstone upon             ,abimelech's 
head1 and all to brake his skull4       
#jg3jji3jed ,then he called hastily unto
 the young man his armourbearer1        
and said unto him1 ,draw thy sword1 and 
slay me1 that men say             not of
 me1 ,a women slew him4 ,and his young  
man thrust him             through1 and 
he died4    #jg3jji3jee ,and when the   
men of ,israel saw that ,abimelech was  
dead1 they             departed every   
man unto his place4    #jg3jji3jef ,thus
 ,god rendered the wickedness of        
,abimelech1 which he did                
unto his father1 in slaying his seventy 
brethren3    #jg3jji3jeg ,and all the   
evil of the men of ,shechem did ,god    
render upon             their heads3 and

 upon them came the curse of ,jotham the
 son of             ,jerubbaal4         
#jg3jaj3jja ,and after ,abimelech there 
arose to defend ,israel ,tola the son   
of ,puah1 the son of ,dodo1 a man of    
,issachar2 and he dwelt in              
,shamir in mount ,ephraim4              
#jg3jaj3jjb ,and he judged ,israel      
twenty and three years1 and died1 and   
was             buried in ,shamir4      
#jg3jaj3jjc ,and after him arose ,jair1 
a ,gileadite1 and judged ,israel        
twenty and two years4    #jg3jaj3jjd    
,and he had thirty sons that rode on    
thirty ass colts1 and they              
had thirty cities1 which are called     
,havothjair unto this day1              
which are in the land of ,gilead4       
#jg3jaj3jje ,and ,jair died1 and was    
buried in ,camon4    #jg3jaj3jjf ,and   
the children of ,israel did evil again  
in the sight of the             ,,lord1 
and served ,baalim1 and ,ashtaroth1 and 
the gods of ,syria1             and the 
gods of ,zidon1 and the gods of ,moab1  

and the gods of             the children
 of ,ammon1 and the gods of the         
,philistines1 and             forsook   
the ,,lord1 and served not him4         
#jg3jaj3jjg ,and the anger of the ,,lord
 was hot against ,israel1 and he sold   
them into the hands of the ,philistines1
 and into the hands of             the  
children of ,ammon4    #jg3jaj3jjh ,and 
that year they vexed and oppressed the  
children of ,israel3                    
eighteen years1 all the children of     
,israel that were on the                
other side ,jordan in the land of the   
,amorites1 which is in                  
,gilead4    #jg3jaj3jji ,moreover the   
children of ,ammon passed over ,jordan  
to fight             also against       
,judah1 and against ,benjamin1 and      
against the             house of        
,ephraim2 so that ,israel was sore      
distressed4    #jg3jaj3jaj ,and the     
children of ,israel cried unto the      
,,lord1 saying1 ,we             have    
sinned against thee1 both because we    

have forsaken our             ,god1 and 
also served ,baalim4    #jg3jaj3jaa ,and
 the ,,lord said unto the children of   
,israel1 ,did not ,i             deliver
 you from the ,egyptians1 and from the  
,amorites1 from             the children
 of ,ammon1 and from the ,philistines8  
#jg3jaj3jab ,the ,zidonians also1 and   
the ,amalekites1 and the ,maonites1 did 
oppress you2 and ye cried to me1 and ,i 
delivered you out of             their  
hand4    #jg3jaj3jac ,yet ye have       
forsaken me1 and served other gods3     
wherefore ,i             will deliver   
you no more4    #jg3jaj3jad ,go and cry 
unto the gods which ye have chosen2 let 
them             deliver you in the time
 of your tribulation4    #jg3jaj3jae    
,and the children of ,israel said unto  
the ,,lord1 ,we have sinned3            
do thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good 
unto thee2 deliver us             only1 
we pray thee1 this day4    #jg3jaj3jaf  
,and they put away the strange gods from
 among them1 and served             the 

,,lord3 and his soul was grieved for the
 misery of ,israel4    #jg3jaj3jag ,then
 the children of ,ammon were gathered   
together1 and             encamped in   
,gilead4 ,and the children of ,israel   
assembled             themselves        
together1 and encamped in ,mizpeh4      
#jg3jaj3jah ,and the people and princes 
of ,gilead said one to another1 ,what   
man is he that will begin to fight      
against the children of                 
,ammon8 he shall be head over all the   
inhabitants of ,gilead4    #jg3jaa3jja  
,now ,jephthah the ,gileadite was a     
mighty man of valour1 and he            
was the son of an harlot3 and ,gilead   
begat ,jephthah4    #jg3jaa3jjb ,and    
,gilead's wife bare him sons2 and his   
wife's sons grew up1             and    
they thrust out ,jephthah1 and said unto
 him1 ,thou shalt             not       
inherit in our father's house2 for thou 
art the son of a             strange    
woman4    #jg3jaa3jjc ,then ,jephthah   
fled from his brethren1 and dwelt in the

 land of             ,tob3 and there    
were gathered vain men to ,jephthah1 and
 went             out with him4         
#jg3jaa3jjd ,and it came to pass in     
process of time1 that the children of   
,ammon made war against ,israel4        
#jg3jaa3jje ,and it was so1 that when   
the children of ,ammon made war         
against ,israel1 the elders of ,gilead  
went to fetch ,jephthah             out 
of the land of ,tob3    #jg3jaa3jjf ,and
 they said unto ,jephthah1 ,come1 and be
 our captain1 that we             may   
fight with the children of ,ammon4      
#jg3jaa3jjg ,and ,jephthah said unto the
 elders of ,gilead1 ,did not ye hate    
me1 and expel me out of my father's     
house8 and why are ye come              
unto me now when ye are in distress8    
#jg3jaa3jjh ,and the elders of ,gilead  
said unto ,jephthah1 ,therefore we turn 
again to thee now1 that thou mayest go  
with us1 and fight             against  
the children of ,ammon1 and be our head 
over all the             inhabitants of 

,gilead4    #jg3jaa3jji ,and ,jephthah  
said unto the elders of ,gilead1 ,if ye 
bring me             home again to fight
 against the children of ,ammon1 and the
             ,,lord deliver them before 
me1 shall ,i be your head8              
#jg3jaa3jaj ,and the elders of ,gilead  
said unto ,jephthah1 ,the ,,lord be     
witness between us1 if we do not so     
according to thy words4    #jg3jaa3jaa  
,then ,jephthah went with the elders of 
,gilead1 and the people             made
 him head and captain over them3 and    
,jephthah uttered all             his   
words before the ,,lord in ,mizpeh4     
#jg3jaa3jab ,and ,jephthah sent         
messengers unto the king of the children
 of             ,ammon1 saying1 ,what   
hast thou to do with me1 that thou art  
come against me to fight in my land8    
#jg3jaa3jac ,and the king of the        
children of ,ammon answered unto the    
messengers of ,jephthah1 ,because       
,israel took away my land1 when         
they came up out of ,egypt1 from ,arnon 

even unto ,jabbok1 and             unto 
,jordan3 now therefore restore those    
lands again             peaceably4      
#jg3jaa3jad ,and ,jephthah sent         
messengers again unto the king of the   
children of ,ammon3    #jg3jaa3jae ,and 
said unto him1 ,thus saith ,jephthah1   
,israel took not away             the   
land of ,moab1 nor the land of the      
children of ,ammon3    #jg3jaa3jaf ,but 
when ,israel came up from ,egypt1 and   
walked through the                      
wilderness unto the ,red sea1 and came  
to ,kadesh2    #jg3jaa3jag ,then ,israel
 sent messengers unto the king of ,edom1
 saying1 ,let             me1 ,i pray   
thee1 pass through thy land3 but the    
king of ,edom             would not     
hearken thereto4 ,and in like manner    
they sent unto             the king of  
,moab3 but he would not consent3 and    
,israel abode             in ,kadesh4   
#jg3jaa3jah ,then they went along       
through the wilderness1 and compassed   
the             land of ,edom1 and the  

land of ,moab1 and came by the east side
             of the land of ,moab1 and  
pitched on the other side of ,arnon1    
but came not within the border of ,moab3
 for ,arnon was the             border  
of ,moab4    #jg3jaa3jai ,and ,israel   
sent messengers unto ,sihon king of the 
,amorites1             the king of      
,heshbon2 and ,israel said unto him1    
,let us pass1 we             pray thee1 
through thy land into my place4         
#jg3jaa3jbj ,but ,sihon trusted not     
,israel to pass through his coast3 but  
,sihon gathered all his people together1
 and pitched in ,jahaz1             and 
fought against ,israel4    #jg3jaa3jba  
,and the ,,lord ,god of ,israel         
delivered ,sihon and all his people     
into the hand of ,israel1 and they smote
 them3 so ,israel             possessed 
all the land of the ,amorites1 the      
inhabitants of             that country4
    #jg3jaa3jbb ,and they possessed all 
the coasts of the ,amorites1 from ,arnon
             even unto ,jabbok1 and from

 the wilderness even unto ,jordan4      
#jg3jaa3jbc ,so now the ,,lord ,god of  
,israel hath dispossessed the ,amorites 
from before his people ,israel1 and     
shouldest thou possess it8              
#jg3jaa3jbd ,wilt not thou possess that 
which ,chemosh thy god giveth thee      
to possess8 ,so whomsoever the ,,lord   
our ,god shall drive out                
from before us1 them will we possess4   
#jg3jaa3jbe ,and now art thou any thing 
better than ,balak the son of           
,zippor1 king of ,moab8 did he ever     
strive against ,israel1 or              
did he ever fight against them1         
#jg3jaa3jbf ,while ,israel dwelt in     
,heshbon and her towns1 and in ,aroer   
and             her towns1 and in all   
the cities that be along by the coasts  
of ,arnon1 three hundred years8 why     
therefore did ye not             recover
 them within that time8    #jg3jaa3jbg  
,wherefore ,i have not sinned against   
thee1 but thou doest me                 
wrong to war against me3 the ,,lord the 

,judge be judge this day                
between the children of ,israel and the 
children of ,ammon4    #jg3jaa3jbh      
,howbeit the king of the children of    
,ammon hearkened not unto               
the words of ,jephthah which he sent    
him4    #jg3jaa3jbi ,then the ,spirit of
 the ,,lord came upon ,jephthah1 and he 
passed             over ,gilead1 and    
,manasseh1 and passed over ,mizpeh of   
,gilead1             and from ,mizpeh of
 ,gilead he passed over unto the        
children of             ,ammon4         
#jg3jaa3jcj ,and ,jephthah vowed a vow  
unto the ,,lord1 and said1 ,if thou     
shalt without fail deliver the children 
of ,ammon into mine             hands1  
#jg3jaa3jca ,then it shall be1 that     
whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of 
my house to meet me1 when ,i return in  
peace from the children             of  
,ammon1 shall surely be the ,,lord's1   
and ,i will offer it up             for 
a burnt offering4    #jg3jaa3jcb ,so    
,jephthah passed over unto the children 

of ,ammon to fight             against  
them2 and the ,,lord delivered them into
 his hands4    #jg3jaa3jcc ,and he smote
 them from ,aroer1 even till thou come  
to ,minnith1             even twenty    
cities1 and unto the plain of the       
vineyards1 with             a very great
 slaughter4 ,thus the children of ,ammon
 were             subdued before the    
children of ,israel4    #jg3jaa3jcd ,and
 ,jephthah came to ,mizpeh unto his     
house1 and1 behold1 his                 
daughter came out to meet him with      
timbrels and with dances3               
and she was his only child2 beside her  
he had neither son nor                  
daughter4    #jg3jaa3jce ,and it came to
 pass1 when he saw her1 that he rent his
             clothes1 and said1 ,alas1  
my daughter6 thou hast brought me       
very low1 and thou art one of them that 
trouble me3 for ,i have                 
opened my mouth unto the ,,lord1 and ,i 
cannot go back4    #jg3jaa3jcf ,and she 
said unto him1 ,my father1 if thou hast 

opened thy             mouth unto the   
,,lord1 do to me according to that which
 hath             proceeded out of thy  
mouth2 forasmuch as the ,,lord hath     
taken             vengeance for thee of 
thine enemies1 even of the children of  
,ammon4    #jg3jaa3jcg ,and she said    
unto her father1 ,let this thing be done
 for me3             let me alone two   
months1 that ,i may go up and down upon 
the             mountains1 and bewail my
 virginity1 ,i and my fellows4          
#jg3jaa3jch ,and he said1 ,go4 ,and he  
sent her away for two months3 and she   
went with her companions1 and bewailed  
her virginity upon the                  
mountains4    #jg3jaa3jci ,and it came  
to pass at the end of two months1 that  
she             returned unto her       
father1 who did with her according to   
his             vow which he had vowed3 
and she knew no man4 ,and it was a      
custom in ,israel1    #jg3jaa3jdj ,that 
the daughters of ,israel went yearly to 
lament the             daughter of      

,jephthah the ,gileadite four days in a 
year4    #jg3jab3jja ,and the men of    
,ephraim gathered themselves together1  
and went             northward1 and said
 unto ,jephthah1 ,wherefore passedst    
thou             over to fight against  
the children of ,ammon1 and didst not   
call us to go with thee8 we will burn   
thine house upon thee             with  
fire4    #jg3jab3jjb ,and ,jephthah said
 unto them1 ,i and my people were at    
great             strife with the       
children of ,ammon2 and when ,i called  
you1 ye             delivered me not out
 of their hands4    #jg3jab3jjc ,and    
when ,i saw that ye delivered me not1 ,i
 put my life in my             hands1   
and passed over against the children of 
,ammon1 and the             ,,lord      
delivered them into my hand3 wherefore  
then are ye come             up unto me 
this day1 to fight against me8          
#jg3jab3jjd ,then ,jephthah gathered    
together all the men of ,gilead1 and    
fought with ,ephraim3 and the men of    

,gilead smote ,ephraim1                 
because they said1 ,ye ,gileadites are  
fugitives of ,ephraim             among 
the ,ephraimites1 and among the         
,manassites4    #jg3jab3jje ,and the    
,gileadites took the passages of ,jordan
 before the             ,ephraimites3   
and it was so1 that when those          
,ephraimites which             were     
escaped said1 ,let me go over2 that the 
men of ,gilead said             unto    
him1 ,art thou an ,ephraimite8 ,if he   
said1 ,nay2    #jg3jab3jjf ,then said   
they unto him1 ,say now ,shibboleth3 and
 he said             ,sibboleth3 for he 
could not frame to pronounce it right4  
,then             they took him1 and    
slew him at the passages of ,jordan3 and
             there fell at that time of 
the ,ephraimites forty and two          
thousand4    #jg3jab3jjg ,and ,jephthah 
judged ,israel six years4 ,then died    
,jephthah the             ,gileadite1   
and was buried in one of the cities of  
,gilead4    #jg3jab3jjh ,and after him  

,ibzan of ,bethlehem judged ,israel4    
#jg3jab3jji ,and he had thirty sons1 and
 thirty daughters1 whom he sent         
abroad1 and took in thirty daughters    
from abroad for his sons4               
,and he judged ,israel seven years4     
#jg3jab3jaj ,then died ,ibzan1 and was  
buried at ,bethlehem4    #jg3jab3jaa    
,and after him ,elon1 a ,zebulonite1    
judged ,israel2 and he judged           
,israel ten years4    #jg3jab3jab ,and  
,elon the ,zebulonite died1 and was     
buried in ,aijalon in the               
country of ,zebulun4    #jg3jab3jac ,and
 after him ,abdon the son of ,hillel1 a 
,pirathonite1 judged                    
,israel4    #jg3jab3jad ,and he had     
forty sons and thirty nephews1 that rode
 on             threescore and ten ass  
colts3 and he judged ,israel eight      
years4    #jg3jab3jae ,and ,abdon the   
son of ,hillel the ,pirathonite died1   
and was             buried in ,pirathon 
in the land of ,ephraim1 in the mount of
 the             ,amalekites4           

#jg3jac3jja ,and the children of ,israel
 did evil again in the sight of the     
,,lord2 and the ,,lord delivered them   
into the hand of the                    
,philistines forty years4    #jg3jac3jjb
 ,and there was a certain man of ,zorah1
 of the family of the                   
,danites1 whose name was ,manoah2 and   
his wife was barren1 and                
bare not4    #jg3jac3jjc ,and the angel 
of the ,,lord appeared unto the woman1  
and said             unto her1 ,behold  
now1 thou art barren1 and bearest not3  
but             thou shalt conceive1 and
 bear a son4    #jg3jac3jjd ,now        
therefore beware1 ,i pray thee1 and     
drink not wine nor             strong   
drink1 and eat not any unclean thing3   
#jg3jac3jje ,for1 lo1 thou shalt        
conceive1 and bear a son2 and no razor  
shall come on his head3 for the child   
shall be a ,nazarite unto               
,god from the womb3 and he shall begin  
to deliver ,israel out of               
the hand of the ,philistines4           

#jg3jac3jjf ,then the woman came and    
told her husband1 saying1 ,a man of ,god
             came unto me1 and his      
countenance was like the countenance of 
an angel of ,god1 very terrible3 but ,i 
asked him not whence he             was1
 neither told he me his name3           
#jg3jac3jjg ,but he said unto me1       
,behold1 thou shalt conceive1 and bear a
             son2 and now drink no wine 
nor strong drink1 neither eat any       
unclean thing3 for the child shall be a 
,nazarite to ,god from             the  
womb to the day of his death4           
#jg3jac3jjh ,then ,manoah intreated the 
,,lord1 and said1 ,o my ,lord1 let the  
man of ,god which thou didst send come  
again unto us1 and teach             us 
what we shall do unto the child that    
shall be born4    #jg3jac3jji ,and ,god 
hearkened to the voice of ,manoah2 and  
the angel of ,god             came again
 unto the woman as she sat in the field3
 but ,manoah             her husband was
 not with her4    #jg3jac3jaj ,and the  

woman made haste1 and ran1 and shewed   
her husband1 and             said unto  
him1 ,behold1 the man hath appeared unto
 me1 that             came unto me the  
other day4    #jg3jac3jaa ,and ,manoah  
arose1 and went after his wife1 and came
 to the             man1 and said unto  
him1 ,art thou the man that spakest unto
 the             woman8 ,and he said1 ,i
 am4    #jg3jac3jab ,and ,manoah said1  
,now let thy words come to pass4 ,how   
shall we             order the child1   
and how shall we do unto him8           
#jg3jac3jac ,and the angel of the ,,lord
 said unto ,manoah1 ,of all that ,i said
             unto the woman let her     
beware4    #jg3jac3jad ,she may not eat 
of any thing that cometh of the vine1   
neither             let her drink wine  
or strong drink1 nor eat any unclean    
thing3             all that ,i commanded
 her let her observe4    #jg3jac3jae    
,and ,manoah said unto the angel of the 
,,lord1 ,i pray thee1 let             us
 detain thee1 until we shall have made  

ready a kid for thee4    #jg3jac3jaf    
,and the angel of the ,,lord said unto  
,manoah1 ,though thou detain            
me1 ,i will not eat of thy bread3 and if
 thou wilt offer a             burnt    
offering1 thou must offer it unto the   
,,lord4 ,for ,manoah             knew   
not that he was an angel of the ,,lord4 
#jg3jac3jag ,and ,manoah said unto the  
angel of the ,,lord1 ,what is thy name1 
that when thy sayings come to pass we   
may do thee honour8    #jg3jac3jah ,and 
the angel of the ,,lord said unto him1  
,why askest thou thus             after 
my name1 seeing it is secret8           
#jg3jac3jai ,so ,manoah took a kid with 
a meat offering1 and offered it upon    
a rock unto the ,,lord3 and the angel   
did wonderously2 and             ,manoah
 and his wife looked on4    #jg3jac3jbj 
,for it came to pass1 when the flame    
went up toward heaven from              
off the altar1 that the angel of the    
,,lord ascended in the             flame
 of the altar4 ,and ,manoah and his wife

 looked on it1 and             fell on  
their faces to the ground4              
#jg3jac3jba ,but the angel of the ,,lord
 did no more appear to ,manoah and to   
his wife4 ,then ,manoah knew that he was
 an angel of the ,,lord4    #jg3jac3jbb 
,and ,manoah said unto his wife1 ,we    
shall surely die1 because we            
have seen ,god4    #jg3jac3jbc ,but his 
wife said unto him1 ,if the ,,lord were 
pleased to kill             us1 he would
 not have received a burnt offering and 
a meat             offering at our      
hands1 neither would he have shewed us  
all             these things1 nor would 
as at this time have told us such       
things as these4    #jg3jac3jbd ,and the
 woman bare a son1 and called his name  
,samson3 and the             child grew1
 and the ,,lord blessed him4            
#jg3jac3jbe ,and the ,spirit of the     
,,lord began to move him at times in the
             camp of ,dan between ,zorah
 and ,eshtaol4    #jg3jad3jja ,and      
,samson went down to ,timnath1 and saw a

 woman in ,timnath of             the   
daughters of the ,philistines4          
#jg3jad3jjb ,and he came up1 and told   
his father and his mother1 and said1    
,i have seen a woman in ,timnath of the 
daughters of the                        
,philistines3 now therefore get her for 
me to wife4    #jg3jad3jjc ,then his    
father and his mother said unto him1 ,is
 there never a             woman among  
the daughters of thy brethren1 or among 
all my             people1 that thou    
goest to take a wife of the             
uncircumcised             ,philistines8 
,and ,samson said unto his father1 ,get 
her for me2             for she pleaseth
 me well4    #jg3jad3jjd ,but his father
 and his mother knew not that it was of 
the             ,,lord1 that he sought  
an occasion against the ,philistines3   
for             at that time the        
,philistines had dominion over ,israel4 
#jg3jad3jje ,then went ,samson down1 and
 his father and his mother1 to          
,timnath1 and came to the vineyards of  

,timnath3 and1 behold1 a                
young lion roared against him4          
#jg3jad3jjf ,and the ,spirit of the     
,,lord came mightily upon him1 and he   
rent             him as he would have   
rent a kid1 and he had nothing in his   
hand3 but he told not his father or his 
mother what he had             done4    
#jg3jad3jjg ,and he went down1 and      
talked with the woman2 and she pleased  
,samson well4    #jg3jad3jjh ,and after 
a time he returned to take her1 and he  
turned aside             to see the     
carcase of the lion3 and1 behold1 there 
was a swarm             of bees and     
honey in the carcase of the lion4       
#jg3jad3jji ,and he took thereof in his 
hands1 and went on eating1 and came     
to his father and mother1 and he gave   
them1 and they did eat3             but 
he told not them that he had taken the  
honey out of the             carcase of 
the lion4    #jg3jad3jaj ,so his father 
went down unto the woman3 and ,samson   
made there             a feast2 for so  

used the young men to do4    #jg3jad3jaa
 ,and it came to pass1 when they saw    
him1 that they brought                  
thirty companions to be with him4       
#jg3jad3jab ,and ,samson said unto them1
 ,i will now put forth a riddle unto    
you3 if ye can certainly declare it me  
within the seven days             of the
 feast1 and find it out1 then ,i will   
give you thirty             sheets and  
thirty change of garments3              
#jg3jad3jac ,but if ye cannot declare it
 me1 then shall ye give me thirty       
sheets and thirty change of garments4   
,and they said unto him1                
,put forth thy riddle1 that we may hear 
it4    #jg3jad3jad ,and he said unto    
them1 ,out of the eater came forth meat1
 and             out of the strong came 
forth sweetness4 ,and they could not in 
three days expound the riddle4          
#jg3jad3jae ,and it came to pass on the 
seventh day1 that they said unto        
,samson's wife1 ,entice thy husband1    
that he may declare unto us             

the riddle1 lest we burn thee and thy   
father's house with             fire3   
have ye called us to take that we have8 
is it not so8    #jg3jad3jaf ,and       
,samson's wife wept before him1 and     
said1 ,thou dost but             hate   
me1 and lovest me not3 thou hast put    
forth a riddle unto             the     
children of my people1 and hast not told
 it me4 ,and he             said unto   
her1 ,behold1 ,i have not told it my    
father nor my             mother1 and   
shall ,i tell it thee8    #jg3jad3jag   
,and she wept before him the seven days1
 while their feast             lasted3  
and it came to pass on the seventh day1 
that he told             her1 because   
she lay sore upon him3 and she told the 
riddle to             the children of   
her people4    #jg3jad3jah ,and the men 
of the city said unto him on the seventh
 day             before the sun went    
down1 ,what is sweeter than honey8 ,and 
what             is stronger than a     
lion8 and he said unto them1 ,if ye had 

not             plowed with my heifer1  
ye had not found out my riddle4         
#jg3jad3jai ,and the ,spirit of the     
,,lord came upon him1 and he went down  
to             ,ashkelon1 and slew      
thirty men of them1 and took their      
spoil1             and gave change of   
garments unto them which expounded the  
riddle4 ,and his anger was kindled1 and 
he went up to his             father's  
house4    #jg3jad3jbj ,but ,samson's    
wife was given to his companion1 whom he
 had used             as his friend4    
#jg3jae3jja ,but it came to pass within 
a while after1 in the time of wheat     
harvest1 that ,samson visited his wife  
with a kid2 and he said1             ,i 
will go in to my wife into the chamber4 
,but her father would             not   
suffer him to go in4    #jg3jae3jjb ,and
 her father said1 ,i verily thought that
 thou hadst utterly             hated   
her2 therefore ,i gave her to thy       
companion3 is not her                   
younger sister fairer than she8 take    

her1 ,i pray thee1 instead              
of her4    #jg3jae3jjc ,and ,samson said
 concerning them1 ,now shall ,i be more 
blameless             than the          
,philistines1 though ,i do them a       
displeasure4    #jg3jae3jjd ,and ,samson
 went and caught three hundred foxes1   
and took             firebrands1 and    
turned tail to tail1 and put a firebrand
 in             the midst between two   
tails4    #jg3jae3jje ,and when he had  
set the brands on fire1 he let them go  
into             the standing corn of   
the ,philistines1 and burnt up both the 
shocks1 and also the standing corn1 with
 the vineyards and             olives4  
#jg3jae3jjf ,then the ,philistines said1
 ,who hath done this8 ,and they         
answered1 ,samson1 the son in law of the
 ,timnite1 because he             had   
taken his wife1 and given her to his    
companion4 ,and the                     
,philistines came up1 and burnt her and 
her father with fire4    #jg3jae3jjg    
,and ,samson said unto them1 ,though ye 

have done this1 yet will             ,i 
be avenged of you1 and after that ,i    
will cease4    #jg3jae3jjh ,and he smote
 them hip and thigh with a great        
slaughter3 and he             went down 
and dwelt in the top of the rock ,etam4 
#jg3jae3jji ,then the ,philistines went 
up1 and pitched in ,judah1 and spread   
themselves in ,lehi4    #jg3jae3jaj ,and
 the men of ,judah said1 ,why are ye    
come up against us8 ,and                
they answered1 ,to bind ,samson are we  
come up1 to do to him as             he 
hath done to us4    #jg3jae3jaa ,then   
three thousand men of ,judah went to the
 top of the rock             ,etam1 and 
said to ,samson1 ,knowest thou not that 
the             ,philistines are rulers 
over us8 what is this that thou hast    
done unto us8 ,and he said unto them1   
,as they did unto me1 so                
have ,i done unto them4    #jg3jae3jab  
,and they said unto him1 ,we are come   
down to bind thee1 that we              
may deliver thee into the hand of the   

,philistines4 ,and ,samson              
said unto them1 ,swear unto me1 that ye 
will not fall upon me                   
yourselves4    #jg3jae3jac ,and they    
spake unto him1 saying1 ,no2 but we will
 bind thee             fast1 and deliver
 thee into their hand3 but surely we    
will not             kill thee4 ,and    
they bound him with two new cords1 and  
brought             him up from the     
rock4    #jg3jae3jad ,and when he came  
unto ,lehi1 the ,philistines shouted    
against             him3 and the ,spirit
 of the ,,lord came mightily upon him1  
and             the cords that were upon
 his arms became as flax that was       
burnt with fire1 and his bands loosed   
from off his hands4    #jg3jae3jae ,and 
he found a new jawbone of an ass1 and   
put forth his hand1             and took
 it1 and slew a thousand men therewith4 
#jg3jae3jaf ,and ,samson said1 ,with the
 jawbone of an ass1 heaps upon heaps1   
with the jaw of an ass have ,i slain a  
thousand men4    #jg3jae3jag ,and it    

came to pass1 when he had made an end of
 speaking1 that             he cast away
 the jawbone out of his hand1 and called
 that             place ,ramathlehi4    
#jg3jae3jah ,and he was sore athirst1   
and called on the ,,lord1 and said1     
,thou hast given this great deliverance 
into the hand of thy                    
servant3 and now shall ,i die for       
thirst1 and fall into the               
hand of the uncircumcised8              
#jg3jae3jai ,but ,god clave an hollow   
place that was in the jaw1 and there    
came water thereout2 and when he had    
drunk1 his spirit came                  
again1 and he revived3 wherefore he     
called the name thereof                 
,enhakkore1 which is in ,lehi unto this 
day4    #jg3jae3jbj ,and he judged      
,israel in the days of the ,philistines 
twenty             years4    #jg3jaf3jja
 ,then went ,samson to ,gaza1 and saw   
there an harlot1 and went in            
unto her4    #jg3jaf3jjb ,and it was    
told the ,gazites1 saying1 ,samson is   

come hither4             ,and they      
compassed him in1 and laid wait for him 
all night in             the gate of the
 city1 and were quiet all the night1    
saying1 ,in             the morning1    
when it is day1 we shall kill him4      
#jg3jaf3jjc ,and ,samson lay till       
midnight1 and arose at midnight1 and    
took             the doors of the gate  
of the city1 and the two posts1 and went
             away with them1 bar and    
all1 and put them upon his shoulders1   
and carried them up to the top of an    
hill that is before             ,hebron4
    #jg3jaf3jjd ,and it came to pass    
afterward1 that he loved a woman in the 
valley of ,sorek1 whose name was        
,delilah4    #jg3jaf3jje ,and the lords 
of the ,philistines came up unto her1   
and said             unto her1 ,entice  
him1 and see wherein his great strength 
lieth1 and by what means we may prevail 
against him1 that we             may    
bind him to afflict him2 and we will    
give thee every one             of us   

eleven hundred pieces of silver4        
#jg3jaf3jjf ,and ,delilah said to       
,samson1 ,tell me1 ,i pray thee1 wherein
 thy             great strength lieth1  
and wherewith thou mightest be bound to 
afflict thee4    #jg3jaf3jjg ,and       
,samson said unto her1 ,if they bind me 
with seven green             withs that 
were never dried1 then shall ,i be weak1
 and be as             another man4     
#jg3jaf3jjh ,then the lords of the      
,philistines brought up to her seven    
green withs which had not been dried1   
and she bound him with             them4
    #jg3jaf3jji ,now there were men     
lying in wait1 abiding with her in the  
chamber4 ,and she said unto him1 ,the   
,philistines be upon thee1              
,samson4 ,and he brake the withs1 as a  
thread of tow is broken             when
 it toucheth the fire4 ,so his strength 
was not known4    #jg3jaf3jaj ,and      
,delilah said unto ,samson1 ,behold1    
thou hast mocked me1 and                
told me lies3 now tell me1 ,i pray thee1

 wherewith thou             mightest be 
bound4    #jg3jaf3jaa ,and he said unto 
her1 ,if they bind me fast with new     
ropes that             never were       
occupied1 then shall ,i be weak1 and be 
as another             man4             
#jg3jaf3jab ,delilah therefore took new 
ropes1 and bound him therewith1 and     
said unto him1 ,the ,philistines be upon
 thee1 ,samson4 ,and there              
were liers in wait abiding in the       
chamber4 ,and he brake them             
from off his arms like a thread4        
#jg3jaf3jac ,and ,delilah said unto     
,samson1 ,hitherto thou hast mocked me1 
and told me lies3 tell me wherewith thou
 mightest be bound4             ,and he 
said unto her1 ,if thou weavest the     
seven locks of my             head with 
the web4    #jg3jaf3jad ,and she        
fastened it with the pin1 and said unto 
him1 ,the             ,philistines be   
upon thee1 ,samson4 ,and he awaked out  
of his             sleep1 and went away 
with the pin of the beam1 and with the  

web4    #jg3jaf3jae ,and she said unto  
him1 ,how canst thou say1 ,i love thee1 
when             thine heart is not with
 me8 thou hast mocked me these three    
times1 and hast not told me wherein thy 
great strength lieth4    #jg3jaf3jaf    
,and it came to pass1 when she pressed  
him daily with her             words1   
and urged him1 so that his soul was     
vexed unto death2    #jg3jaf3jag ,that  
he told her all his heart1 and said unto
 her1 ,there hath             not come a
 razor upon mine head2 for ,i have been 
a ,nazarite             unto ,god from  
my mother's womb3 if ,i be shaven1 then 
my             strength will go from me1
 and ,i shall become weak1 and be like  
any other man4    #jg3jaf3jah ,and when 
,delilah saw that he had told her all   
his heart1 she             sent and     
called for the lords of the             
,philistines1 saying1 ,come             
up this once1 for he hath shewed me all 
his heart4 ,then the             lords  
of the ,philistines came up unto her1   

and brought money             in their  
hand4    #jg3jaf3jai ,and she made him  
sleep upon her knees2 and she called for
 a             man1 and she caused him  
to shave off the seven locks of his     
head2 and she began to afflict him1 and 
his strength went from             him4 
#jg3jaf3jbj ,and she said1 ,the         
,philistines be upon thee1 ,samson4 ,and
 he             awoke out of his sleep1 
and said1 ,i will go out as at other    
times before1 and shake myself4 ,and he 
wist not that the ,,lord             was
 departed from him4    #jg3jaf3jba ,but 
the ,philistines took him1 and put out  
his eyes1 and             brought him   
down to ,gaza1 and bound him with       
fetters of brass2             and he did
 grind in the prison house4             
#jg3jaf3jbb ,howbeit the hair of his    
head began to grow again after he was   
shaven4    #jg3jaf3jbc ,then the lords  
of the ,philistines gathered them       
together for             to offer a     
great sacrifice unto ,dagon their god1  

and to             rejoice3 for they    
said1 ,our god hath delivered ,samson   
our             enemy into our hand4    
#jg3jaf3jbd ,and when the people saw    
him1 they praised their god3 for they   
said1 ,our god hath delivered into our  
hands our enemy1 and the                
destroyer of our country1 which slew    
many of us4    #jg3jaf3jbe ,and it came 
to pass1 when their hearts were merry1  
that they             said1 ,call for   
,samson1 that he may make us sport4 ,and
 they             called for ,samson out
 of the prison house2 and he made them  
sport3 and they set him between the     
pillars4    #jg3jaf3jbf ,and ,samson    
said unto the lad that held him by the  
hand1 ,suffer             me that ,i may
 feel the pillars whereupon the house   
standeth1             that ,i may lean  
upon them4    #jg3jaf3jbg ,now the house
 was full of men and women2 and all the 
lords of             the ,philistines   
were there2 and there were upon the roof
 about             three thousand men   

and women1 that beheld while ,samson    
made             sport4    #jg3jaf3jbh  
,and ,samson called unto the ,,lord1 and
 said1 ,o ,lord ,god1                   
remember me1 ,i pray thee1 and          
strengthen me1 ,i pray thee1 only       
this once1 ,o ,god1 that ,i may be at   
once avenged of the                     
,philistines for my two eyes4           
#jg3jaf3jbi ,and ,samson took hold of   
the two middle pillars upon which the   
house stood1 and on which it was borne  
up1 of the one with his                 
right hand1 and of the other with his   
left4    #jg3jaf3jcj ,and ,samson said1 
,let me die with the ,philistines4 ,and 
he bowed             himself with all   
his might2 and the house fell upon the  
lords1             and upon all the     
people that were therein4 ,so the dead  
which             he slew at his death  
were more than they which he slew in his
             life4    #jg3jaf3jca ,then 
his brethren and all the house of his   
father came down1             and took  

him1 and brought him up1 and buried him 
between ,zorah             and ,eshtaol 
in the buryingplace of ,manoah his      
father4 ,and he             judged      
,israel twenty years4    #jg3jag3jja    
,and there was a man of mount ,ephraim1 
whose name was ,micah4    #jg3jag3jjb   
,and he said unto his mother1 ,the      
eleven hundred shekels of               
silver that were taken from thee1 about 
which thou cursedst1             and    
spakest of also in mine ears1 behold1   
the silver is with             me2 ,i   
took it4 ,and his mother said1 ,blessed 
be thou of the             ,,lord1 my   
son4    #jg3jag3jjc ,and when he had    
restored the eleven hundred shekels of  
silver             to his mother1 his   
mother said1 ,i had wholly dedicated the
             silver unto the ,,lord from
 my hand for my son1 to make a graven   
image and a molten image3 now therefore 
,i will restore it unto                 
thee4    #jg3jag3jjd ,yet he restored   
the money unto his mother2 and his      

mother took             two hundred     
shekels of silver1 and gave them to the 
founder1             who made thereof a 
graven image and a molten image3 and    
they             were in the house of   
,micah4    #jg3jag3jje ,and the man     
,micah had an house of gods1 and made an
 ephod1 and             teraphim1 and   
consecrated one of his sons1 who became 
his             priest4    #jg3jag3jjf  
,in those days there was no king in     
,israel1 but every man did              
that which was right in his own eyes4   
#jg3jag3jjg ,and there was a young man  
out of ,bethlehemjudah of the family    
of ,judah1 who was a ,levite1 and he    
sojourned there4    #jg3jag3jjh ,and the
 man departed out of the city from      
,bethlehemjudah to             sojourn  
where he could find a place3 and he came
 to mount             ,ephraim to the   
house of ,micah1 as he journeyed4       
#jg3jag3jji ,and ,micah said unto him1  
,whence comest thou8 ,and he said unto  
him1 ,i am a ,levite of ,bethlehemjudah1

 and ,i go to sojourn             where 
,i may find a place4    #jg3jag3jaj ,and
 ,micah said unto him1 ,dwell with me1  
and be unto me a             father and 
a priest1 and ,i will give thee ten     
shekels of             silver by the    
year1 and a suit of apparel1 and thy    
victuals4             ,so the ,levite   
went in4    #jg3jag3jaa ,and the ,levite
 was content to dwell with the man2 and 
the             young man was unto him  
as one of his sons4    #jg3jag3jab ,and 
,micah consecrated the ,levite2 and the 
young man became his             priest1
 and was in the house of ,micah4        
#jg3jag3jac ,then said ,micah1 ,now know
 ,i that the ,,lord will do me good1    
seeing ,i have a ,levite to my priest4  
#jg3jah3jja ,in those days there was no 
king in ,israel3 and in those days      
the tribe of the ,danites sought them an
 inheritance to dwell             in2   
for unto that day all their inheritance 
had not fallen             unto them    
among the tribes of ,israel4            

#jg3jah3jjb ,and the children of ,dan   
sent of their family five men from      
their coasts1 men of valour1 from       
,zorah1 and from ,eshtaol1 to           
spy out the land1 and to search it2 and 
they said unto them1             ,go1   
search the land3 who when they came to  
mount ,ephraim1 to             the house
 of ,micah1 they lodged there4          
#jg3jah3jjc ,when they were by the house
 of ,micah1 they knew the voice of      
the young man the ,levite3 and they     
turned in thither1 and said             
unto him1 ,who brought thee hither8 and 
what makest thou in             this    
place8 and what hast thou here8         
#jg3jah3jjd ,and he said unto them1     
,thus and thus dealeth ,micah with me1  
and hath hired me1 and ,i am his priest4
    #jg3jah3jje ,and they said unto him1
 ,ask counsel1 we pray thee1 of ,god1   
that we may know whether our way which  
we go shall be             prosperous4  
#jg3jah3jjf ,and the priest said unto   
them1 ,go in peace3 before the ,,lord is

             your way wherein ye go4    
#jg3jah3jjg ,then the five men departed1
 and came to ,laish1 and saw the        
people that were therein1 how they dwelt
 careless1 after the             manner 
of the ,zidonians1 quiet and secure2 and
 there was no             magistrate in 
the land1 that might put them to shame  
in any             thing2 and they were 
far from the ,zidonians1 and had no     
business with any man4    #jg3jah3jjh   
,and they came unto their brethren to   
,zorah and ,eshtaol3 and                
their brethren said unto them1 ,what say
 ye8    #jg3jah3jji ,and they said1     
,arise1 that we may go up against them3 
for we             have seen the land1  
and1 behold1 it is very good3 and are ye
             still8 be not slothful to  
go1 and to enter to possess the         
land4    #jg3jah3jaj ,when ye go1 ye    
shall come unto a people secure1 and to 
a large             land3 for ,god hath 
given it into your hands2 a place where 
there is no want of any thing that is in

 the earth4    #jg3jah3jaa ,and there   
went from thence of the family of the   
,danites1 out             of ,zorah and 
out of ,eshtaol1 six hundred men        
appointed with             weapons of   
war4    #jg3jah3jab ,and they went up1  
and pitched in ,kirjathjearim1 in       
,judah3             wherefore they      
called that place ,mahanehdan unto this 
day3             behold1 it is behind   
,kirjathjearim4    #jg3jah3jac ,and they
 passed thence unto mount ,ephraim1 and 
came unto the             house of      
,micah4    #jg3jah3jad ,then answered   
the five men that went to spy out the   
country of             ,laish1 and said 
unto their brethren1 ,do ye know that   
there is             in these houses an 
ephod1 and teraphim1 and a graven image1
             and a molten image8 now    
therefore consider what ye have to do4  
#jg3jah3jae ,and they turned            
thitherward1 and came to the house of   
the             young man the ,levite1  
even unto the house of ,micah1 and      

saluted him4    #jg3jah3jaf ,and the six
 hundred men appointed with their       
weapons of war1             which were  
of the children of ,dan1 stood by the   
entering of             the gate4       
#jg3jah3jag ,and the five men that went 
to spy out the land went up1 and        
came in thither1 and took the graven    
image1 and the ephod1 and               
the teraphim1 and the molten image3 and 
the priest stood in             the     
entering of the gate with the six       
hundred men that were                   
appointed with weapons of war4          
#jg3jah3jah ,and these went into        
,micah's house1 and fetched the carved  
image1 the ephod1 and the teraphim1 and 
the molten image4 ,then             said
 the priest unto them1 ,what do ye8     
#jg3jah3jai ,and they said unto him1    
,hold thy peace1 lay thine hand upon    
thy mouth1 and go with us1 and be to us 
a father and a priest3             is it
 better for thee to be a priest unto the
 house of one             man1 or that  

thou be a priest unto a tribe and a     
family in             ,israel8          
#jg3jah3jbj ,and the priest's heart was 
glad1 and he took the ephod1 and        
the teraphim1 and the graven image1 and 
went in the midst of             the    
people4    #jg3jah3jba ,so they turned  
and departed1 and put the little ones   
and the             cattle and the      
carriage before them4    #jg3jah3jbb    
,and when they were a good way from the 
house of ,micah1 the men                
that were in the houses near to ,micah's
 house were gathered                    
together1 and overtook the children of  
,dan4    #jg3jah3jbc ,and they cried    
unto the children of ,dan4 ,and they    
turned their             faces1 and said
 unto ,micah1 ,what aileth thee1 that   
thou comest             with such a     
company8    #jg3jah3jbd ,and he said1   
,ye have taken away my gods which ,i    
made1 and the             priest1 and ye
 are gone away3 and what have ,i more8  
and what             is this that ye say

 unto me1 ,what aileth thee8            
#jg3jah3jbe ,and the children of ,dan   
said unto him1 ,let not thy voice be    
heard among us1 lest angry fellows run  
upon thee1 and thou             lose thy
 life1 with the lives of thy household4 
#jg3jah3jbf ,and the children of ,dan   
went their way3 and when ,micah saw     
that they were too strong for him1 he   
turned and went back             unto   
his house4    #jg3jah3jbg ,and they took
 the things which ,micah had made1 and  
the priest             which he had1 and
 came unto ,laish1 unto a people that   
were at             quiet and secure3   
and they smote them with the edge of the
             sword1 and burnt the city  
with fire4    #jg3jah3jbh ,and there was
 no deliverer1 because it was far from  
,zidon1 and             they had no     
business with any man2 and it was in the
 valley             that lieth by       
,bethrehob4 ,and they built a city1 and 
dwelt             therein4              
#jg3jah3jbi ,and they called the name of

 the city ,dan1 after the name of       
,dan their father1 who was born unto    
,israel3 howbeit the name             of
 the city was ,laish at the first4      
#jg3jah3jcj ,and the children of ,dan   
set up the graven image3 and ,jonathan1 
the son of ,gershom1 the son of         
,manasseh1 he and his sons were         
priests to the tribe of ,dan until the  
day of the captivity of             the 
land4    #jg3jah3jca ,and they set them 
up ,micah's graven image1 which he made1
 all             the time that the house
 of ,god was in ,shiloh4    #jg3jai3jja 
,and it came to pass in those days1 when
 there was no king in                   
,israel1 that there was a certain       
,levite sojourning on the side          
of mount ,ephraim1 who took to him a    
concubine out of                        
,bethlehemjudah4    #jg3jai3jjb ,and his
 concubine played the whore against him1
 and went away             from him unto
 her father's house to ,bethlehemjudah1 
and was             there four whole    

months4    #jg3jai3jjc ,and her husband 
arose1 and went after her1 to speak     
friendly             unto her1 and to   
bring her again1 having his servant with
 him1             and a couple of asses3
 and she brought him into her father's  
house3 and when the father of the damsel
 saw him1 he rejoiced             to    
meet him4    #jg3jai3jjd ,and his father
 in law1 the damsel's father1 retained  
him2 and             he abode with him  
three days3 so they did eat and drink1  
and             lodged there4           
#jg3jai3jje ,and it came to pass on the 
fourth day1 when they arose early       
in the morning1 that he rose up to      
depart3 and the damsel's                
father said unto his son in law1        
,comfort thine heart with a             
morsel of bread1 and afterward go your  
way4    #jg3jai3jjf ,and they sat down1 
and did eat and drink both of them      
together3 for the damsel's father had   
said unto the man1 ,be                  
content1 ,i pray thee1 and tarry all    

night1 and let thine heart              
be merry4    #jg3jai3jjg ,and when the  
man rose up to depart1 his father in law
 urged             him3 therefore he    
lodged there again4    #jg3jai3jjh ,and 
he arose early in the morning on the    
fifth day to depart2             and the
 damsel's father said1 ,comfort thine   
heart1 ,i pray             thee4 ,and   
they tarried until afternoon1 and they  
did eat both             of them4       
#jg3jai3jji ,and when the man rose up to
 depart1 he1 and his concubine1 and     
his servant1 his father in law1 the     
damsel's father1 said unto              
him1 ,behold1 now the day draweth toward
 evening1 ,i pray you             tarry 
all night3 behold1 the day groweth to an
 end1 lodge             here1 that thine
 heart may be merry2 and to morrow get  
you             early on your way1 that 
thou mayest go home4    #jg3jai3jaj ,but
 the man would not tarry that night1 but
 he rose up and             departed1   
and came over against ,jebus1 which is  

,jerusalem2 and             there were  
with him two asses saddled1 his         
concubine also was             with him4
    #jg3jai3jaa ,and when they were by  
,jebus1 the day was far spent2 and the  
servant said unto his master1 ,come1 ,i 
pray thee1 and let us             turn  
in into this city of the ,jebusites1 and
 lodge in it4    #jg3jai3jab ,and his   
master said unto him1 ,we will not turn 
aside hither             into the city  
of a stranger1 that is not of the       
children of             ,israel2 we will
 pass over to ,gibeah4    #jg3jai3jac   
,and he said unto his servant1 ,come1   
and let us draw near to             one 
of these places to lodge all night1 in  
,gibeah1 or in             ,ramah4      
#jg3jai3jad ,and they passed on and went
 their way2 and the sun went down       
upon them when they were by ,gibeah1    
which belongeth to                      
,benjamin4    #jg3jai3jae ,and they     
turned aside thither1 to go in and to   
lodge in             ,gibeah3 and when  

he went in1 he sat him down in a street 
of             the city3 for there was  
no man that took them into his house    
to lodging4    #jg3jai3jaf ,and1 behold1
 there came an old man from his work out
 of the             field at even1 which
 was also of mount ,ephraim2 and he     
sojourned in ,gibeah3 but the men of the
 place were ,benjamites4    #jg3jai3jag 
,and when he had lifted up his eyes1 he 
saw a wayfaring man in             the  
street of the city3 and the old man     
said1 ,whither goest             thou8  
and whence comest thou8    #jg3jai3jah  
,and he said unto him1 ,we are passing  
from ,bethlehemjudah             toward 
the side of mount ,ephraim2 from thence 
am ,i3 and ,i went             to       
,bethlehemjudah1 but ,i am now going to 
the house of the             ,,lord2 and
 there is no man that receiveth me to   
house4    #jg3jai3jai ,yet there is both
 straw and provender for our asses2 and 
there             is bread and wine also
 for me1 and for thy handmaid1 and for  

the young man which is with thy         
servants3 there is no want of           
any thing4    #jg3jai3jbj ,and the old  
man said1 ,peace be with thee2 howsoever
 let all             thy wants lie upon 
me2 only lodge not in the street4       
#jg3jai3jba ,so he brought him into his 
house1 and gave provender unto the      
asses3 and they washed their feet1 and  
did eat and drink4    #jg3jai3jbb ,now  
as they were making their hearts merry1 
behold1 the men of             the city1
 certain sons of ,belial1 beset the     
house round about1             and beat 
at the door1 and spake to the master of 
the house1             the old man1     
saying1 ,bring forth the man that came  
into thine             house1 that we   
may know him4    #jg3jai3jbc ,and the   
man1 the master of the house1 went out  
unto them1 and             said unto    
them1 ,nay1 my brethren1 nay1 ,i pray   
you1 do not so             wickedly2    
seeing that this man is come into mine  
house1 do not             this folly4   

#jg3jai3jbd ,behold1 here is my daughter
 a maiden1 and his concubine2 them      
,i will bring out now1 and humble ye    
them1 and do with them             what 
seemeth good unto you3 but unto this man
 do not so vile a             thing4    
#jg3jai3jbe ,but the men would not      
hearken to him3 so the man took his     
concubine1 and brought her forth unto   
them2 and they knew her1             and
 abused her all the night until the     
morning3 and when the             day   
began to spring1 they let her go4       
#jg3jai3jbf ,then came the woman in the 
dawning of the day1 and fell down       
at the door of the man's house where her
 lord was1 till it was                  
light4    #jg3jai3jbg ,and her lord rose
 up in the morning1 and opened the doors
 of             the house1 and went out 
to go his way3 and1 behold1 the woman   
his concubine was fallen down at the    
door of the house1 and             her  
hands were upon the threshold4          
#jg3jai3jbh ,and he said unto her1 ,up1 

and let us be going4 ,but none          
answered4 ,then the man took her up upon
 an ass1 and the man             rose   
up1 and gat him unto his place4         
#jg3jai3jbi ,and when he was come into  
his house1 he took a knife1 and laid    
hold on his concubine1 and divided her1 
together with her             bones1    
into twelve pieces1 and sent her into   
all the coasts of             ,israel4  
#jg3jai3jcj ,and it was so1 that all    
that saw it said1 ,there was no such    
deed done nor seen from the day that the
 children of ,israel             came up
 out of the land of ,egypt unto this    
day3 consider of             it1 take   
advice1 and speak your minds4           
#jg3jbj3jja ,then all the children of   
,israel went out1 and the congregation  
was gathered together as one man1 from  
,dan even to ,beersheba1                
with the land of ,gilead1 unto the      
,,lord in ,mizpeh4    #jg3jbj3jjb ,and  
the chief of all the people1 even of all
 the tribes of             ,israel1     

presented themselves in the assembly of 
the people of             ,god1 four    
hundred thousand footmen that drew      
sword4    #jg3jbj3jjc 7,now the children
 of ,benjamin heard that the children of
             ,israel were gone up to    
,mizpeh47 ,then said the children of    
,israel1 ,tell us1 how was this         
wickedness8    #jg3jbj3jjd ,and the     
,levite1 the husband of the woman that  
was slain1             answered and     
said1 ,i came into ,gibeah that         
belongeth to             ,benjamin1 ,i  
and my concubine1 to lodge4             
#jg3jbj3jje ,and the men of ,gibeah rose
 against me1 and beset the house        
round about upon me by night1 and       
thought to have slain me3               
and my concubine have they forced1 that 
she is dead4    #jg3jbj3jjf ,and ,i took
 my concubine1 and cut her in pieces1   
and sent her             throughout all 
the country of the inheritance of       
,israel3 for             they have      
committed lewdness and folly in ,israel4

    #jg3jbj3jjg ,behold1 ye are all     
children of ,israel2 give here your     
advice             and counsel4         
#jg3jbj3jjh ,and all the people arose as
 one man1 saying1 ,we will not any      
of us go to his tent1 neither will we   
any of us turn into his                 
house4    #jg3jbj3jji ,but now this     
shall be the thing which we will do to  
,gibeah2 we             will go up by   
lot against it2    #jg3jbj3jaj ,and we  
will take ten men of an hundred         
throughout all the             tribes of
 ,israel1 and an hundred of a thousand1 
and a thousand             out of ten   
thousand1 to fetch victual for the      
people1 that             they may do1   
when they come to ,gibeah of ,benjamin1 
according             to all the folly  
that they have wrought in ,israel4      
#jg3jbj3jaa ,so all the men of ,israel  
were gathered against the city1 knit    
together as one man4    #jg3jbj3jab ,and
 the tribes of ,israel sent men through 
all the tribe of             ,benjamin1 

saying1 ,what wickedness is this that is
 done among             you8            
#jg3jbj3jac ,now therefore deliver us   
the men1 the children of ,belial1       
which are in ,gibeah1 that we may put   
them to death1 and put             away 
evil from ,israel4 ,but the children of 
,benjamin would not             hearken 
to the voice of their brethren the      
children of ,israel4    #jg3jbj3jad ,but
 the children of ,benjamin gathered     
themselves together out             of  
the cities unto ,gibeah1 to go out to   
battle against the             children 
of ,israel4    #jg3jbj3jae ,and the     
children of ,benjamin were numbered at  
that time out of             the cities 
twenty and six thousand men that drew   
sword1 beside             the           
inhabitants of ,gibeah1 which were      
numbered seven hundred                  
chosen men4    #jg3jbj3jaf ,among all   
this people there were seven hundred    
chosen men             lefthanded2 every
 one could sling stones at an hair      

breadth1             and not miss4      
#jg3jbj3jag ,and the men of ,israel1    
beside ,benjamin1 were numbered four    
hundred thousand men that drew sword3   
all these were men of             war4  
#jg3jbj3jah ,and the children of ,israel
 arose1 and went up to the house of     
,god1 and asked counsel of ,god1 and    
said1 ,which of us shall go             
up first to the battle against the      
children of ,benjamin8 ,and             
the ,,lord said1 ,judah shall go up     
first4    #jg3jbj3jai ,and the children 
of ,israel rose up in the morning1 and  
encamped against ,gibeah4    #jg3jbj3jbj
 ,and the men of ,israel went out to    
battle against ,benjamin2 and           
the men of ,israel put themselves in    
array to fight against             them 
at ,gibeah4    #jg3jbj3jba ,and the     
children of ,benjamin came forth out of 
,gibeah1 and             destroyed down 
to the ground of the ,israelites that   
day twenty             and two thousand 
men4    #jg3jbj3jbb ,and the people the 

men of ,israel encouraged themselves1   
and             set their battle again  
in array in the place where they put    
themselves in array the first day4      
#jg3jbj3jbc 7,and the children of       
,israel went up and wept before the     
,,lord             until even1 and asked
 counsel of the ,,lord1 saying1 ,shall  
,i go             up again to battle    
against the children of ,benjamin my    
brother8 ,and the ,,lord said1 ,go up   
against him47    #jg3jbj3jbd ,and the   
children of ,israel came near against   
the children of             ,benjamin   
the second day4    #jg3jbj3jbe ,and     
,benjamin went forth against them out of
 ,gibeah the second             day1 and
 destroyed down to the ground of the    
children of             ,israel again   
eighteen thousand men2 all these drew   
the sword4    #jg3jbj3jbf ,then all the 
children of ,israel1 and all the people1
 went up1             and came unto the 
house of ,god1 and wept1 and sat there  
before             the ,,lord1 and      

fasted that day until even1 and offered 
burnt             offerings and peace   
offerings before the ,,lord4            
#jg3jbj3jbg ,and the children of ,israel
 enquired of the ,,lord1 7for the ark   
of the covenant of ,god was there in    
those days1    #jg3jbj3jbh ,and         
,phinehas1 the son of ,eleazar1 the son 
of ,aaron1 stood             before it  
in those days17 saying1 ,shall ,i yet   
again go out to             battle      
against the children of ,benjamin my    
brother1 or shall ,i             cease8 
,and the ,,lord said1 ,go up2 for to    
morrow ,i will deliver             them 
into thine hand4    #jg3jbj3jbi ,and    
,israel set liers in wait round about   
,gibeah4    #jg3jbj3jcj ,and the        
children of ,israel went up against the 
children of             ,benjamin on the
 third day1 and put themselves in array 
against             ,gibeah1 as at other
 times4    #jg3jbj3jca ,and the children
 of ,benjamin went out against the      
people1 and             were drawn away 

from the city2 and they began to smite  
of the             people1 and kill1 as 
at other times1 in the highways1 of     
which             one goeth up to the   
house of ,god1 and the other to ,gibeah 
in             the field1 about thirty  
men of ,israel4    #jg3jbj3jcb ,and the 
children of ,benjamin said1 ,they are   
smitten down             before us1 as  
at the first4 ,but the children of      
,israel said1             ,let us flee1 
and draw them from the city unto the    
highways4    #jg3jbj3jcc ,and all the   
men of ,israel rose up out of their     
place1 and put             themselves in
 array at ,baaltamar3 and the liers in  
wait of             ,israel came forth  
out of their places1 even out of the    
meadows             of ,gibeah4         
#jg3jbj3jcd ,and there came against     
,gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of  
all ,israel1 and the battle was sore3   
but they knew not that             evil 
was near them4    #jg3jbj3jce ,and the  
,,lord smote ,benjamin before ,israel3  

and the children of             ,israel 
destroyed of the ,benjamites that day   
twenty and five             thousand and
 an hundred men3 all these drew the     
sword4    #jg3jbj3jcf ,so the children  
of ,benjamin saw that they were smitten3
 for             the men of ,israel gave
 place to the ,benjamites1 because they 
trusted unto the liers in wait which    
they had set beside             ,gibeah4
    #jg3jbj3jcg ,and the liers in wait  
hasted1 and rushed upon ,gibeah2 and the
             liers in wait drew         
themselves along1 and smote all the city
             with the edge of the sword4
    #jg3jbj3jch ,now there was an       
appointed sign between the men of       
,israel and             the liers in    
wait1 that they should make a great     
flame with             smoke rise up out
 of the city4    #jg3jbj3jci ,and when  
the men of ,israel retired in the       
battle1 ,benjamin             began to  
smite and kill of the men of ,israel    
about thirty             persons3 for   

they said1 ,surely they are smitten down
 before             us1 as in the first 
battle4    #jg3jbj3jdj ,but when the    
flame began to arise up out of the city 
with a             pillar of smoke1 the 
,benjamites looked behind them1 and1    
behold1 the flame of the city ascended  
up to heaven4    #jg3jbj3jda ,and when  
the men of ,israel turned again1 the men
 of ,benjamin             were amazed3  
for they saw that evil was come upon    
them4    #jg3jbj3jdb ,therefore they    
turned their backs before the men of    
,israel             unto the way of the 
wilderness2 but the battle overtook     
them2             and them which came   
out of the cities they destroyed in the 
midst of them4    #jg3jbj3jdc ,thus they
 inclosed the ,benjamites round about1  
and chased             them1 and trode  
them down with ease over against ,gibeah
 toward             the sunrising4      
#jg3jbj3jdd ,and there fell of ,benjamin
 eighteen thousand men2 all these       
were men of valour4    #jg3jbj3jde ,and 

they turned and fled toward the         
wilderness unto the rock             of 
,rimmon3 and they gleaned of them in the
 highways five             thousand men2
 and pursued hard after them unto       
,gidom1 and slew             two        
thousand men of them4    #jg3jbj3jdf ,so
 that all which fell that day of        
,benjamin were twenty and               
five thousand men that drew the sword2  
all these were men of                   
valour4    #jg3jbj3jdg ,but six hundred 
men turned and fled to the wilderness   
unto the             rock ,rimmon1 and  
abode in the rock ,rimmon four months4  
#jg3jbj3jdh ,and the men of ,israel     
turned again upon the children of       
,benjamin1 and smote them with the edge 
of the sword1 as well             the   
men of every city1 as the beast1 and all
 that came to             hand3 also    
they set on fire all the cities that    
they came to4    #jg3jba3jja ,now the   
men of ,israel had sworn in ,mizpeh1    
saying1 ,there shall             not any

 of us give his daughter unto ,benjamin 
to wife4    #jg3jba3jjb ,and the people 
came to the house of ,god1 and abode    
there till             even before ,god1
 and lifted up their voices1 and wept   
sore2    #jg3jba3jjc ,and said1 ,o      
,,lord ,god of ,israel1 why is this come
 to pass in             ,israel1 that   
there should be to day one tribe lacking
 in             ,israel8    #jg3jba3jjd 
,and it came to pass on the morrow1 that
 the people rose early1             and 
built there an altar1 and offered burnt 
offerings and             peace         
offerings4    #jg3jba3jje ,and the      
children of ,israel said1 ,who is there 
among all the             tribes of     
,israel that came not up with the       
congregation unto             the       
,,lord8 ,for they had made a great oath 
concerning him that             came not
 up to the ,,lord to ,mizpeh1 saying1   
,he shall surely be             put to  
death4    #jg3jba3jjf ,and the children 
of ,israel repented them for ,benjamin  

their             brother1 and said1    
,there is one tribe cut off from ,israel
 this             day4    #jg3jba3jjg   
,how shall we do for wives for them that
 remain1 seeing we have                 
sworn by the ,,lord that we will not    
give them of our daughters              
to wives8    #jg3jba3jjh ,and they said1
 ,what one is there of the tribes of    
,israel that             came not up to 
,mizpeh to the ,,lord8 ,and1 behold1    
there came             none to the camp 
from ,jabeshgilead to the assembly4     
#jg3jba3jji ,for the people were        
numbered1 and1 behold1 there were none  
of             the inhabitants of       
,jabeshgilead there4    #jg3jba3jaj ,and
 the congregation sent thither twelve   
thousand men of the                     
valiantest1 and commanded them1 saying1 
,go and smite the                       
inhabitants of ,jabeshgilead with the   
edge of the sword1 with             the 
women and the children4    #jg3jba3jaa  
,and this is the thing that ye shall do1

 ,ye shall utterly             destroy  
every male1 and every woman that hath   
lain by man4    #jg3jba3jab ,and they   
found among the inhabitants of          
,jabeshgilead four             hundred  
young virgins1 that had known no man by 
lying with any             male3 and    
they brought them unto the camp to      
,shiloh1 which is             in the    
land of ,canaan4    #jg3jba3jac ,and the
 whole congregation sent some to speak  
to the children             of ,benjamin
 that were in the rock ,rimmon1 and to  
call             peaceably unto them4   
#jg3jba3jad ,and ,benjamin came again at
 that time2 and they gave them wives    
which they had saved alive of the women 
of ,jabeshgilead3 and             yet so
 they sufficed them not4    #jg3jba3jae 
,and the people repented them for       
,benjamin1 because that the             
,,lord had made a breach in the tribes  
of ,israel4    #jg3jba3jaf ,then the    
elders of the congregation said1 ,how   
shall we do for             wives for   

them that remain1 seeing the women are  
destroyed out             of ,benjamin8 
#jg3jba3jag ,and they said1 ,there must 
be an inheritance for them that be      
escaped of ,benjamin1 that a tribe be   
not destroyed out of                    
,israel4    #jg3jba3jah ,howbeit we may 
not give them wives of our daughters3   
for the             children of ,israel 
have sworn1 saying1 ,cursed be he that  
giveth a wife to ,benjamin4             
#jg3jba3jai ,then they said1 ,behold1   
there is a feast of the ,,lord in       
,shiloh             yearly in a place   
which is on the north side of ,bethel1  
on the             east side of the     
highway that goeth up from ,bethel to   
,shechem1             and on the south  
of ,lebonah4    #jg3jba3jbj ,therefore  
they commanded the children of          
,benjamin1 saying1 ,go             and  
lie in wait in the vineyards2           
#jg3jba3jba ,and see1 and1 behold1 if   
the daughters of ,shiloh come out to    
dance in dances1 then come ye out of the

 vineyards1 and catch             you   
every man his wife of the daughters of  
,shiloh1 and go to             the land 
of ,benjamin4    #jg3jba3jbb ,and it    
shall be1 when their fathers or their   
brethren come             unto us to    
complain1 that we will say unto them1   
,be favourable             unto them for
 our sakes3 because we reserved not to  
each man             his wife in the    
war3 for ye did not give unto them at   
this             time1 that ye should be
 guilty4    #jg3jba3jbc ,and the        
children of ,benjamin did so1 and took  
them wives1             according to    
their number1 of them that danced1 whom 
they             caught3 and they went  
and returned unto their inheritance1 and
             repaired the cities1 and   
dwelt in them4    #jg3jba3jbd ,and the  
children of ,israel departed thence at  
that time1 every             man to his 
tribe and to his family1 and they went  
out from             thence every man to
 his inheritance4    #jg3jba3jbe ,in    

those days there was no king in ,israel3
 every man did that             which   
was right in his own eyes4