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And he sent messengers unto
Abimelech privily, saying, Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed
and his brethren be come to
Shechem;
and, behold, they
fortify the city against thee.
Now therefore up by night, thou and the people that is with thee, and lie in wait in the field:
Now then,
tonight you
and the people with you are to come
and lie in wait in the fields.
And it shall be, that in the morning, as soon as the sun is up, thou shalt rise early, and set upon the city: and, behold, when he and the people that is with him come out against thee, then mayest thou do to them as thou shalt find occasion.
And in the morning at
sunrise, get up
and advance against the city. When Gaal
and his men come out against you, do to them whatever you are able.”
And Abimelech rose up,
and all the people that were with him, by night,
and they laid wait against
Shechem in four companies.
So
Abimelech and all his troops set out by night
and lay in wait against
Shechem in four companies.
And Gaal the son of Ebed went out,
and stood in the entering of the gate of the city:
and Abimelech rose up,
and the people that were with him, from lying in wait.
Now Gaal son of Ebed went out
and stood at the entrance of the city gate just as
Abimelech and his men came out from their hiding places.
And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Behold, there come people down from the top of the mountains. And Zebul said unto him, Thou seest the shadow of the mountains as if they were men.
When Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, “Look, people are coming down from the mountains!” But Zebul replied, “The shadows of the mountains look like men to you.”
And Gaal spake again and said, See there come people down by the middle of the land, and another company come along by the plain of Meonenim.
Then Gaal spoke up again, “Look, people are coming down from the center of the land, and one company is coming by way of the Diviners’ Oak.”
Then said Zebul unto him, Where is now thy mouth,
wherewith thou saidst, Who is
Abimelech, that we should serve him? is not this the people that thou hast
despised? go out, I pray now,
and fight with them.
“Where is your
gloating now?” Zebul replied. “You said, ‘Who is
Abimelech that we should serve him?’ Are these not the people you
ridiculed? Go out now
and fight them!”
And Abimelech chased him,
and he fled before him,
and many were overthrown
and wounded, even unto the entering of the gate.
but
Abimelech pursued him,
and Gaal fled before him.
And many Shechemites fell wounded all the way to the entrance of the gate.
And Abimelech dwelt at Arumah:
and Zebul thrust out Gaal
and his brethren, that they should not dwell in
Shechem.
Abimelech stayed in Arumah,
and Zebul drove Gaal
and his brothers out of
Shechem.
And it came to pass on the
morrow, that the people went out into the field;
and they told
Abimelech.
The next day the people of
Shechem went out into the fields,
and this was reported to
Abimelech.
And he took the people,
and divided them into three companies,
and laid wait in the field,
and looked,
and, behold, the people were come forth out of the city;
and he rose up against them,
and smote them.
So he took his men, divided them into three companies, and lay in wait in the fields. When he saw the people coming out of the city, he rose up against them and attacked them.
And Abimelech,
and the company that was with him,
rushed forward,
and stood in the entering of the gate of the city:
and the two other companies ran upon all the people that were in the fields,
and slew them.
Then
Abimelech and the companies with him
rushed forward
and took their stand at the entrance of the city gate. The other two companies
rushed against all who were in the fields
and struck them down.
And Abimelech fought against the city all that day;
and he took the city,
and slew the people that was therein,
and beat down the city,
and sowed it with salt.
And all that day
Abimelech fought against the city until he had captured it
and killed its people. Then he
demolished the city
and sowed it with salt.
And when all the men of the tower of
Shechem heard that, they entered into an hold of the house of the god Berith.
On hearing of this, all the leaders in the tower of
Shechem entered the inner chamber of the temple of El-berith.
And it was told
Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of
Shechem were gathered together.
And when
Abimelech was told that all the leaders in the tower of
Shechem were gathered there,
And Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmon, he
and all the people that were with him;
and Abimelech took an
axe in his hand,
and cut down a
bough from the trees,
and took it,
and laid it on his shoulder,
and said unto the people that were with him, What ye have seen me do, make
haste,
and do as I have done.
he
and all his men went up to Mount Zalmon.
Abimelech took his
axe in his hand
and cut a branch from the trees, which he lifted to his shoulder, saying to his men, “
Hurry and do what you have seen me do.”
And all the people likewise cut down every man his
bough,
and followed
Abimelech,
and put them to the hold,
and set the hold on fire upon them; so that all the men of the tower of
Shechem died also, about a thousand men
and women.
So each man also cut his own branch
and followed
Abimelech. Then they piled the branches against the inner chamber
and set it on fire above them, killing
everyone in the tower of
Shechem, about a thousand men
and women.
But there was a strong tower within the city,
and thither fled all the men
and women,
and all they of the city,
and shut it to them,
and gat them up to the top of the tower.
But there was a strong tower inside the city, and all the men, women, and leaders of the city fled there. They locked themselves in and went up to the roof of the tower.
And Abimelech came unto the tower,
and fought against it,
and went hard unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire.
When
Abimelech came to attack the tower, he approached its entrance to set it on fire.
Then he called
hastily unto the young man his armourbearer,
and said unto him, Draw thy sword,
and slay me, that men say not of me, A woman
slew him.
And his young man thrust him through,
and he died.
He quickly called his
armor-bearer, saying, “Draw your sword
and kill me, lest they say of me, ‘A woman killed him.’” So
Abimelech’s
armor-bearer ran his sword through him,
and he died.
And when the men of Israel saw that
Abimelech was dead, they departed every man unto his place.
And when the Israelites saw that
Abimelech was dead, they all went home.
And all the evil of the men of
Shechem did God render upon their heads:
and upon them came the
curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.
And God also brought all the wickedness of the men of
Shechem back upon their own heads. So the
curse of Jotham son of Jerubbaal came upon them.
And after
Abimelech there arose to defend Israel
Tola the son of Puah, the son of
Dodo, a man of
Issachar;
and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim.
After the time of
Abimelech, a man of
Issachar,
Tola son of Puah, the son of
Dodo, rose up to save Israel. He lived in Shamir, in the hill country of Ephraim.
And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir.
Tola judged Israel twenty-three years,
and when he died, he was buried in Shamir.
And after him arose
Jair, a Gileadite,
and judged Israel twenty
and two years.
Tola was followed by
Jair the Gileadite, who judged Israel twenty-two years.
And he had thirty sons that
rode on thirty
ass colts,
and they had thirty cities, which are called Havoth-
jair unto this day, which are in the land of
Gilead.
He had thirty sons who
rode on thirty
donkeys.
And they had thirty towns in the land of
Gilead, which to this day are called Havvoth-
jair.
And Jair died,
and was buried in Camon.
When
Jair died, he was buried in Kamon.
And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD,
and served
Baalim,
and Ashtaroth,
and the gods of Syria,
and the gods of Zidon,
and the gods of Moab,
and the gods of the children of
Ammon,
and the gods of the Philistines,
and forsook the LORD,
and served not him.
And again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. They served the Baals, the Ashtoreths, the gods of
Aram,
Sidon,
and Moab,
and the gods of the
Ammonites and Philistines. Thus they
forsook the LORD
and did not serve Him.
And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel,
and he sold them into the hands of the Philistines,
and into the hands of the children of
Ammon.
So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel,
and He sold them into the hands of the Philistines
and Ammonites,
And that year they
vexed and oppressed the children of Israel: eighteen years, all the children of Israel that were on the other side Jordan in the land of the
Amorites, which is in
Gilead.
who that very year
harassed and oppressed the Israelites,
and did so for eighteen years to all the Israelites on the other side of the Jordan in
Gilead, the land of the
Amorites.
Moreover the children of
Ammon passed over Jordan to fight also against Judah,
and against Benjamin,
and against the house of Ephraim; so that Israel was
sore distressed.
The
Ammonites also crossed the Jordan to fight against Judah, Benjamin,
and the house of Ephraim,
and Israel was in deep distress.
And the children of Israel
cried unto the LORD, saying, We have
sinned against thee, both because we have
forsaken our God,
and also served
Baalim.
Then the Israelites
cried out to the LORD, saying, “We have
sinned against You, for we have indeed
forsaken our God
and served the Baals.”
And the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Did not I deliver you from the Egyptians,
and from the
Amorites, from the children of
Ammon,
and from the Philistines?
The Zidonians also,
and the
Amalekites,
and the Maonites, did
oppress you;
and ye
cried to me,
and I delivered you out of their hand.
Yet ye have
forsaken me,
and served other gods: wherefore I will deliver you no more.
But you have
forsaken Me
and served other gods, so I will no longer save you.
Go
and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your
tribulation.
Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them save you in your time of trouble.”
And the children of Israel said unto the LORD, We have
sinned: do thou unto us
whatsoever seemeth good unto thee; deliver us only, we pray thee, this day.
“We have
sinned,” the Israelites said to the LORD. “Deal with us as You see fit; but please deliver us
today!”
And they put away the strange gods from among them,
and served the LORD:
and his soul was
grieved for the misery of Israel.
So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD, and He could no longer bear the misery of Israel.
Then the children of
Ammon were gathered together,
and encamped in
Gilead.
And the children of Israel assembled themselves together,
and encamped in Mizpeh.
Then the
Ammonites were called to arms
and camped in
Gilead,
and the Israelites assembled
and camped at
Mizpah.
And the people
and princes of
Gilead said one to another, What man is he that will begin to fight against the children of
Ammon? he shall be head over all the inhabitants of
Gilead.
And Gilead’s wife bare him sons;
and his wife’s sons grew up,
and they thrust out
Jephthah,
and said unto him, Thou shalt not
inherit in our father’s house; for thou art the son of a strange woman.
And Gilead’s wife bore him sons who grew up, drove
Jephthah out,
and said to him, “You shall have no inheritance in our father’s house, because you are the son of another woman.”
Then
Jephthah fled from his brethren,
and dwelt in the land of
Tob:
and there were gathered vain men to
Jephthah,
and went out with him.
So
Jephthah fled from his brothers
and settled in the land of
Tob, where worthless men gathered around him
and traveled with him.
And it came to pass in process of time, that the children of
Ammon made war against Israel.
Some time later, when the
Ammonites fought against Israel
And it was so, that when the children of
Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of
Gilead went to
fetch Jephthah out of the land of
Tob:
and made war with them, the elders of
Gilead went to get
Jephthah from the land of
Tob.
And they said unto
Jephthah, Come,
and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of
Ammon.
“Come,” they said, “be our commander, so that we can fight against the
Ammonites.”
And Jephthah said unto the elders of
Gilead, Did not ye
hate me,
and expel me out of my father’s house?
and why are ye come unto me now when ye are in distress?
Jephthah replied to the elders of
Gilead, “Did you not
hate me
and expel me from my father’s house? Why then have you come to me now, when you are in distress?”
And the elders of
Gilead said unto
Jephthah, Therefore we turn again to thee now, that thou mayest go with us,
and fight against the children of
Ammon,
and be our head over all the inhabitants of
Gilead.
They answered
Jephthah, “This is why we now turn to you, that you may go with us, fight the
Ammonites,
and become leader over all of us who live in
Gilead.”
And Jephthah said unto the elders of
Gilead, If ye bring me home again to fight against the children of
Ammon,
and the LORD deliver them before me, shall I be your head?
But
Jephthah asked them, “If you take me back to fight the
Ammonites and the LORD gives them to me, will I really be your leader?”
And the elders of
Gilead said unto
Jephthah, The LORD be witness between us, if we do not so according to thy words.
And the elders of
Gilead said to
Jephthah, “The LORD is our witness if we do not do as you say.”
Then
Jephthah went with the elders of
Gilead,
and the people made him head
and captain over them:
and Jephthah uttered all his words before the LORD in Mizpeh.
So
Jephthah went with the elders of
Gilead,
and the people made him their leader
and commander.
And Jephthah repeated all his terms in the presence of the LORD at
Mizpah.
And Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the children of
Ammon, saying, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come against me to fight in my land?
Then
Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the
Ammonites, saying, “What do you have against me that you have come to fight against my land?”
And the king of the children of
Ammon answered unto the messengers of
Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when they came up out of Egypt, from
Arnon even unto
Jabbok,
and unto Jordan: now therefore restore those lands again
peaceably.
The king of the
Ammonites answered
Jephthah’s messengers, “When Israel came up out of Egypt, they seized my land, from the
Arnon to the
Jabbok and all the way to the Jordan. Now, therefore, restore it
peaceably.”
And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children of
Ammon:
And said unto him, Thus saith
Jephthah, Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of
Ammon:
to tell him, “This is what
Jephthah says: Israel did not take away the land of Moab or of the
Ammonites.
But when Israel came up from Egypt, and walked through the wilderness unto the Red sea, and came to Kadesh;
But when Israel came up out of Egypt, they traveled through the wilderness to the Red Sea and came to Kadesh.
Then Israel sent messengers unto the king of
Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee, pass through thy land: but the king of
Edom would not
hearken thereto.
And in like manner they sent unto the king of Moab: but he would not consent:
and Israel abode in Kadesh.
Then Israel sent messengers to the king of
Edom, saying, ‘Please let us pass through your land,’ but the king of
Edom would not
listen. They also sent messengers to the king of Moab, but he would not consent. So Israel stayed in Kadesh.
Then they went along through the wilderness,
and compassed the land of
Edom,
and the land of Moab,
and came by the east side of the land of Moab,
and pitched on the other side of
Arnon, but came not within the border of Moab: for
Arnon was the border of Moab.
Then Israel traveled through the wilderness
and bypassed the lands of
Edom and Moab. They came to the east side of the land of Moab
and camped on the other side of the
Arnon. But they did not enter the territory of Moab, since the
Arnon was its border.
And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the
Amorites, the king of
Heshbon;
and Israel said unto him, Let us pass, we pray thee, through thy land into my place.
And Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the
Amorites, who ruled in
Heshbon,
and said to him, ‘Please let us pass through your land into our own place.’
But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through his coast: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and pitched in Jahaz, and fought against Israel.
But Sihon would not trust Israel to pass through his territory. So he gathered all his people,
encamped in Jahaz,
and fought with Israel.
And the LORD God of Israel delivered Sihon
and all his people into the hand of Israel,
and they
smote them: so Israel possessed all the land of the
Amorites, the inhabitants of that country.
Then the LORD, the God of Israel, delivered Sihon
and all his people into the hand of Israel, who defeated them. So Israel took possession of all the land of the
Amorites who inhabited that country,
And they possessed all the coasts of the
Amorites, from
Arnon even unto
Jabbok,
and from the wilderness even unto Jordan.
seizing all the land from the
Arnon to the
Jabbok and from the wilderness to the Jordan.
So now the LORD God of Israel hath dispossessed the
Amorites from before his people Israel,
and shouldest thou possess it?
Now since the LORD, the God of Israel, has driven out the
Amorites from before His people Israel, should you now possess it?
And now art thou any thing better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever
strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them,
Are you now so much better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever
contend with Israel or fight against them?
While Israel dwelt in
Heshbon and her towns,
and in Aroer
and her towns,
and in all the cities that be along by the coasts of
Arnon, three hundred years? why therefore did ye not recover them within that time?
For three hundred years Israel has lived in
Heshbon, Aroer,
and their villages, as well as all the cities along the banks of the
Arnon. Why did you not take them back during that time?
Wherefore I have not
sinned against thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against me: the LORD the Judge be judge this day between the children of Israel
and the children of
Ammon.
I have not
sinned against you, but you have done me wrong by
waging war against me. May the LORD, the Judge, decide
today between the Israelites
and the
Ammonites.”
And Jephthah vowed a
vow unto the LORD,
and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of
Ammon into mine hands,
Then it shall be, that
whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of
Ammon, shall surely be the LORD’S,
and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.
then whatever comes out the door of my house to
greet me on my
triumphant return from the
Ammonites will belong to the LORD,
and I will offer it up as a burnt offering.”
So
Jephthah passed over unto the children of
Ammon to fight against them;
and the LORD delivered them into his hands.
So
Jephthah crossed over to the
Ammonites to fight against them,
and the LORD delivered them into his hand.
And he
smote them from Aroer, even till thou come to Minnith, even twenty cities,
and unto the plain of the vineyards, with a very great slaughter. Thus the children of
Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel.
With a great blow he
devastated twenty cities from Aroer to the vicinity of Minnith, as far as
Abel-keramim. So the
Ammonites were subdued before the Israelites.
And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house,
and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with
timbrels and with dances:
and she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.
And when
Jephthah returned home to
Mizpah, there was his daughter coming out to meet him with tambourines
and dancing! She was his only child; he had no son or daughter besides her.
And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes,
and said,
Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low,
and thou art one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto the LORD,
and I cannot go back.
As soon as
Jephthah saw her, he
tore his clothes
and said, “No! Not my daughter! You have brought me to my knees! You have brought great misery upon me, for I have given my word to the LORD
and cannot take it back.”
And she said unto him, My father, if thou hast opened thy mouth unto the LORD, do to me according to that which hath proceeded out of thy mouth;
forasmuch as the LORD hath taken
vengeance for thee of thine enemies, even of the children of
Ammon.
“My father,” she replied, “you have given your word to the LORD. Do to me as you have said, for the LORD has
avenged you of your enemies, the
Ammonites.”
And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may go up
and down upon the mountains,
and bewail my
virginity, I
and my fellows.
She also said to her father, “Let me do this one thing: Let me
wander for two months through the mountains with my friends
and mourn my
virginity.”
And he said, Go.
And he sent her away for two months:
and she went with her companions,
and bewailed her
virginity upon the mountains.
“Go,” he said.
And he sent her away for two months. So she left with her friends
and mourned her
virginity upon the mountains.
And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned unto her father, who did with her according to his
vow which he had
vowed:
and she knew no man.
And it was a custom in Israel,
After two months, she returned to her father,
and he did to her as he had
vowed.
And she had never had relations with a man. So it has become a custom in Israel
And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together,
and went northward,
and said unto
Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over to fight against the children of
Ammon,
and didst not call us to go with thee? we will burn thine house upon thee with fire.
Then the men of Ephraim assembled
and crossed the Jordan to Zaphon. They said to
Jephthah, “Why have you crossed over to fight the
Ammonites without calling us to go with you? We will burn your house down with you inside!”
And Jephthah said unto them, I
and my people were at great
strife with the children of
Ammon;
and when I called you, ye delivered me not out of their hands.
But
Jephthah replied, “My people
and I had a serious conflict with the
Ammonites,
and when I called, you did not save me out of their hands.
And when I saw that ye delivered me not, I put my life in my hands,
and passed over against the children of
Ammon,
and the LORD delivered them into my hand: wherefore then are ye come up unto me this day, to fight against me?
When I saw that you would not save me, I risked my life
and crossed over to the
Ammonites,
and the LORD delivered them into my hand. Why then have you come
today to fight against me?”
Then
Jephthah gathered together all the men of
Gilead,
and fought with Ephraim:
and the men of
Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye Gileadites are fugitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites,
and among the Manassites.
Jephthah then gathered all the men of
Gilead and fought against Ephraim.
And the men of
Gilead struck them down because the Ephraimites had said, “You Gileadites are fugitives in Ephraim, living in the territories of Ephraim
and Manasseh.”
And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites:
and it was so, that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said, Let me go over; that the men of
Gilead said unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite? If he said,
Nay;
The Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan leading to Ephraim,
and whenever a
fugitive from Ephraim would say, “Let me cross over,” the Gileadites would ask him, “Are you an Ephraimite?” If he answered, “No,”
Then said they unto him, Say now
Shibboleth:
and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to
pronounce it right. Then they took him,
and slew him at the passages of Jordan:
and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty
and two thousand.
they told him, “Please say
Shibboleth.” If he said, “Sibboleth,” because he could not
pronounce it correctly, they seized him
and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. So at that time 42,000 Ephraimites were killed.
And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died
Jephthah the Gileadite,
and was buried in one of the cities of
Gilead.
Jephthah judged Israel six years,
and when he died, he was buried in one of the cities of
Gilead.
And after him Ibzan of
Bethlehem judged Israel.
And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters, whom he sent abroad, and took in thirty daughters from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years.
He had thirty sons, as well as thirty daughters whom he gave in marriage to men outside his clan; and for his sons he brought back thirty wives from elsewhere. Ibzan judged Israel seven years.
Then died Ibzan,
and was buried at
Bethlehem.
Then Ibzan died,
and he was buried in
Bethlehem.
And after him Elon, a Zebulonite, judged Israel; and he judged Israel ten years.
After Ibzan, Elon the Zebulunite judged Israel ten years.
And Elon the Zebulonite died,
and was buried in
Aijalon in the country of
Zebulun.
Then Elon the Zebulunite died,
and he was buried in
Aijalon in the land of
Zebulun.
And after him Abdon the son of
Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel.
After Elon, Abdon son of
Hillel, from Pirathon, judged Israel.
And he had forty sons
and thirty nephews, that
rode on
threescore and ten
ass colts:
and he judged Israel eight years.
He had forty sons
and thirty grandsons, who
rode on seventy
donkeys.
And he judged Israel eight years.
And Abdon the son of
Hillel the Pirathonite died,
and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the mount of the
Amalekites.
Then Abdon son of
Hillel, from Pirathon, died,
and he was buried at Pirathon in Ephraim, in the hill country of the
Amalekites.
And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.
Again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD, so He delivered them into the hand of the Philistines for forty years.
And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was
Manoah;
and his wife was barren,
and bare not.
Now there was a man from Zorah named
Manoah, from the clan of the Danites, whose wife was barren
and had no children.
And the angel of the LORD appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son.
The angel of the LORD appeared to the woman and said to her, “It is true that you are barren and have no children; but you will conceive and give birth to a son.
Now therefore
beware, I pray thee,
and drink not wine nor strong drink,
and eat not any unclean thing:
Now please be careful not to drink wine or strong drink, and not to eat anything unclean.
