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So the people took
victuals in their hand, and their
trumpets: and he sent all the rest of Israel every man unto his tent, and retained those three hundred men: and the host of
Midian was beneath
him in the valley.
So
Gideon sent the rest of the Israelites to their tents but kept the three hundred men, who took charge of the provisions and rams’ horns of the others. And the camp of
Midian lay below
him in the valley.
And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Arise, get thee down unto the host; for I have delivered it into thine hand.
That night the LORD said to
Gideon, “Get up and go down against the camp, for I have delivered it into your hand.
So
Gideon, and the hundred men that were with
him, came unto the outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch; and they had but newly set the watch: and they
blew the
trumpets, and
brake the pitchers that were in their hands.
Gideon and the hundred men with
him reached the outskirts of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, just after the changing of the guard. They
blew their horns and broke the jars that were in their hands.
And the men of Ephraim said unto
him, Why hast thou served us thus, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites? And they did
chide with
him sharply.
Then the men of Ephraim said to
Gideon, “Why have you done this to us? Why did you fail to call us when you went to fight against
Midian?” And they
contended with
him violently.
God hath delivered into your hands the princes of
Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison of you? Then their anger was
abated toward
him, when he had said that.
God has delivered Oreb and Zeeb, the two princes of
Midian, into your hand. What was I able to do compared to you?” When he had said this, their anger against
him subsided.
And
Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with
him,
faint, yet pursuing them.
Then
Gideon and his three hundred men came to the Jordan and crossed it, exhausted yet still in pursuit.
And he went up thence to Penuel, and spake unto them likewise: and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered him.
From there he went up to Penuel and asked the same from them, but the men of Penuel gave the same
response as the men of Succoth.
And caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and enquired of
him: and he described unto
him the princes of Succoth, and the elders thereof, even
threescore and seventeen men.
There he captured a young man of Succoth and
interrogated him. The young man wrote down for
him the names of the seventy-seven leaders and elders of Succoth.
And his mother’s brethren spake of
him in the ears of all the men of
Shechem all these words: and their hearts inclined to follow
Abimelech; for they said, He is our brother.
And when his mother’s brothers spoke all these words about
him in the presence of all the leaders of
Shechem, their hearts were inclined to follow
Abimelech, for they said, “He is our brother.”
So they gave
him seventy shekels of silver from the temple of
Baal-berith, with which
Abimelech hired some worthless and
reckless men to follow
him.
And he went unto his father’s house at Ophrah, and
slew his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, being
threescore and ten persons, upon one stone: notwithstanding yet Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left; for he
hid himself.
He went to his father’s house in Ophrah, and on one stone murdered his seventy brothers, the sons of Jerubbaal. But Jotham, the youngest son of Jerubbaal, survived, because he
hid himself.
Now therefore, if ye have done truly and
sincerely, in that ye have made
Abimelech king, and if ye have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have done unto
him according to the deserving of his hands;
Now if you have acted faithfully and
honestly in making
Abimelech king, if you have done well by Jerubbaal and his family, and if you have done to
him as he deserves—
if you have acted faithfully and
honestly toward Jerubbaal and his house this day, then may you
rejoice in
Abimelech, and he in you.
That the cruelty done to the
threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood be laid upon
Abimelech their brother, which
slew them; and upon the men of
Shechem, which aided
him in the killing of his brethren.
in order that the crime against the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might come to justice and their blood be
avenged on their brother
Abimelech and on the leaders of
Shechem, who had helped
him murder his brothers.
And the men of
Shechem set liers in wait for
him in the top of the mountains, and they
robbed all that came along that way by them: and it was told
Abimelech.
And Gaal the son of Ebed came with his brethren, and went over to
Shechem: and the men of
Shechem put their confidence in
him.
Meanwhile, Gaal son of Ebed came with his brothers and crossed into
Shechem, and the leaders of
Shechem put their confidence in
him.
And Gaal the son of Ebed said, Who is
Abimelech, and who is
Shechem, that we should serve
him? is not he the son of Jerubbaal? and Zebul his officer? serve the men of Hamor the father of
Shechem: for why should we serve
him?
Then Gaal son of Ebed said, “Who is
Abimelech, and who is
Shechem, that we should serve
him? Is he not the son of Jerubbaal, and is not Zebul his officer? You are to serve the men of Hamor, the father of
Shechem. Why should we serve
Abimelech?
And would to God this people were under my hand! then would I remove
Abimelech. And he said to
Abimelech, Increase thine army, and come out.
If only this people were under my authority, I would remove
Abimelech; I would say to
him, ‘Muster your army and come out!’”
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.”
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, 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 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.”
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 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 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
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.
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 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.
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.’
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 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 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 after
him Ibzan of
Bethlehem judged Israel.
And after him Elon, a Zebulonite, judged Israel; and he judged Israel ten years.
After Ibzan, Elon the Zebulunite judged Israel ten years.
And after
him Abdon the son of
Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel.
After Elon, Abdon son of
Hillel, from Pirathon, judged Israel.
Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came unto me, and his countenance was like the countenance of an angel of God, very terrible: but I asked him not whence he was, neither told he me his name:
So the woman went and told her husband, “A man of God came to me. His appearance was like the angel of God, exceedingly
awesome. I did not ask
him where he came from, and he did not tell me his name.
And the woman made
haste, and ran, and shewed her husband, and said unto
him, Behold, the man hath appeared unto me, that came unto me the other day.
The woman ran quickly to tell her husband, “Behold, the man who came to me the other day has reappeared!”
And
Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the man, and said unto
him, Art thou the man that spakest unto the woman? And he said, I am.
So
Manoah got up and followed his wife. When he came to the man, he asked, “Are you the man who spoke to my wife?” “I am,” he said.
And
Manoah said, Now let thy words come to pass. How shall we order the child, and how shall we do unto
him?
Then
Manoah asked, “When your words come to pass, what will be the boy’s rule of life and mission?”
And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Why askest thou thus after my name, seeing it is secret?
“Why do you ask my name,” said the angel of the LORD, “since it is beyond
comprehension?”
But his wife said unto him, If the LORD were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt offering and a meat offering at our hands, neither would he have shewed us all these things, nor would as at this time have told us such things as these.
But his wife replied, “If the LORD had intended to kill us, He would not have accepted the burnt offering and the grain offering from our hands, nor would He have shown us all these things or spoken to us this way.”
And the woman bare a son, and called his name
Samson: and the child grew, and the LORD blessed
him.
So the woman gave birth to a son and named
him Samson. The boy grew, and the LORD blessed
him.
And the Spirit of the LORD began to move
him at times in the camp of
Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.
And the Spirit of the LORD began to
stir him at Mahaneh-
dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.
Then his father and his mother said unto
him, Is there never a woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou goest to take a wife of the
uncircumcised Philistines? And
Samson said unto his father, Get her for me; for she pleaseth me well.
But his father and mother replied, “Can’t you find a young woman among your relatives or among any of our people? Must you go to the
uncircumcised Philistines to get a wife?” But
Samson told his father, “Get her for me, for she is pleasing to my eyes.”
Then went
Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnath, and came to the vineyards of Timnath: and, behold, a young lion
roared against
him.
Then
Samson went down to Timnah with his father and mother and came to the vineyards of Timnah. Suddenly a young lion came
roaring at
him,
And the Spirit of the LORD came
mightily upon
him, and he rent
him as he would have rent a
kid, and he had nothing in his hand: but he told not his father or his mother what he had done.
and the Spirit of the LORD came powerfully upon
him, and he
tore the lion apart with his bare hands as one would
tear a young goat. But he did not tell his father or mother what he had done.
And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him.
And when the Philistines saw
him, they selected thirty men to
accompany him.
But if ye cannot declare it me, then shall ye give me thirty sheets and thirty change of garments. And they said unto
him, Put forth thy
riddle, that we may hear it.
But if you cannot
solve it, you must give me thirty linen garments and thirty sets of clothes.” “Tell us your
riddle,” they replied. “Let us hear it.”
And
Samson’s wife
wept before
him, and said, Thou
dost but
hate me, and lovest me not: thou hast put forth a
riddle unto the children of my people, and hast not told it me. And he said unto her, Behold, I have not told it my father nor my mother, and shall I tell it thee?
Then
Samson’s wife came to
him,
weeping, and said, “You
hate me! You do not really love me! You have
posed to my people a
riddle, but have not explained it to me.” “Look,” he said, “I have not even explained it to my father or mother, so why should I explain it to you?”
And she
wept before
him the seven days, while their feast lasted: and it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she lay
sore upon
him: and she told the
riddle to the children of her people.
She
wept the whole seven days of the feast, and finally on the seventh day, because she had pressed
him so much, he told her the answer. And in turn she explained the
riddle to her people.
And the men of the city said unto
him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said unto them, If ye had not
plowed with my
heifer, ye had not found out my
riddle.
Before
sunset on the seventh day, the men of the city said to
Samson: “What is sweeter than honey? And what is stronger than a lion?” So he said to them: “If you had not
plowed with my
heifer, you would not have
solved my
riddle!”
And the Spirit of the LORD came upon
him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and
slew thirty men of them, and took their
spoil, and gave change of garments unto them which
expounded the
riddle. And his anger was
kindled, and he went up to his father’s house.
Then the Spirit of the LORD came
mightily upon
him, and he went down to Ashkelon, killed thirty of their men, took their
apparel, and gave their clothes to those who had
solved the
riddle. And burning with anger,
Samson returned to his father’s house,
But
Samson’s wife was given to his companion, whom he had used as his friend.
and his wife was given to one of the men who had accompanied him.
But it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat harvest, that
Samson visited his wife with a
kid; and he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not suffer
him to go in.
Later on, at the time of the wheat harvest,
Samson took a young goat and went to visit his wife. “I want to go to my wife in her room,” he said. But her father would not let
him enter.
And the men of Judah said, Why are ye come up against us? And they answered, To bind
Samson are we come up, to do to
him as he hath done to us.
“Why have you attacked us?” said the men of Judah. The Philistines replied, “We have come to arrest
Samson and pay
him back for what he has done to us.”
And they said unto
him, We are come down to bind thee, that we may deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines. And
Samson said unto them,
Swear unto me, that ye will not fall upon me
yourselves.
But they said to
him, “We have come down to arrest you and hand you over to the Philistines.”
Samson replied, “
Swear to me that you will not kill me
yourselves.”
And they spake unto him, saying, No; but we will bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their hand: but surely we will not kill thee. And they bound him with two new cords, and brought him up from the rock.
“No,” they answered, “we will not kill you, but we will
tie you up securely and hand you over to them.” So they bound
him with two new ropes and led
him up from the rock.
And when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines
shouted against
him: and the Spirit of the LORD came
mightily upon
him, and the cords that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands loosed from off his hands.
When
Samson arrived in Lehi, the Philistines came out
shouting against
him. And the Spirit of the LORD came
mightily upon
him. The ropes on his arms became like burnt flax, and the bonds broke loose from his hands.
And it was told the Gazites, saying,
Samson is come
hither. And they compassed
him in, and laid wait for
him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill
him.
When the Gazites heard that
Samson was there, they surrounded that place and lay in wait for
him all night at the city gate. They were quiet throughout the night, saying, “Let us wait until
dawn; then we will kill
him.”
And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her,
Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may prevail against
him, that we may bind
him to
afflict him: and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver.
The lords of the Philistines went to her and said, “
Entice him and find out the source of his great strength and how we can overpower
him to
tie him up and
subdue him. Then each one of us will give you eleven hundred shekels of silver.”
Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green withs which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.
So the lords of the Philistines brought her seven fresh bowstrings that had not been dried, and she
tied him up with them.
Now there were men lying in wait,
abiding with her in the chamber. And she said unto
him, The Philistines be upon thee,
Samson. And he
brake the withs, as a thread of
tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known.
While the men were hidden in her room, she called out, “
Samson, the Philistines are here!” But he
snapped the bowstrings like a
strand of yarn
seared by a flame. So the source of his strength remained unknown.
Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound
him therewith, and said unto
him, The Philistines be upon thee,
Samson. And there were liers in wait
abiding in the chamber. And he
brake them from off his arms like a thread.
So
Delilah took new ropes,
tied him up with them, and called out, “
Samson, the Philistines are here!” But while the men were hidden in her room, he
snapped the ropes off his arms like they were threads.
And she fastened it with the pin, and said unto
him, The Philistines be upon thee,
Samson. And he
awaked out of his sleep, and went away with the pin of the beam, and with the web.
So while he
slept,
Delilah took the seven braids of his hair and
wove them into the web.Then she
tightened it with a pin and called to
him, “
Samson, the Philistines are here!” But he
awoke from his sleep and pulled out the pin with the
loom and the web.
And she said unto
him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine heart is not with me? thou hast
mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth.
“How can you say, ‘I love you,’” she asked, “when your heart is not with me? This is the third time you have
mocked me and failed to
reveal to me the source of your great strength!”
And it came to pass, when she pressed
him daily with her words, and urged
him, so that his soul was
vexed unto death;
Finally, after she had pressed
him daily with her words and
pleaded until he was sick to death,
And she made
him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused
him to
shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to
afflict him, and his strength went from
him.
And having
lulled him to sleep on her
lap, she called a man to
shave off the seven braids of his head. In this way she began to
subdue him, and his strength left
him.
And she said, The Philistines be upon thee,
Samson. And he
awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and
shake myself. And he
wist not that the LORD was departed from
him.
Then she called out, “
Samson, the Philistines are here!” When
Samson awoke from his sleep, he thought, “I will escape as I did before and
shake myself free.” But he did not know that the LORD had departed from
him.
But the Philistines took
him, and put out his eyes, and brought
him down to
Gaza, and bound
him with
fetters of brass; and he did
grind in the prison house.
Then the Philistines seized
him,
gouged out his eyes, and brought
him down to
Gaza, where he was bound with bronze
shackles and forced to
grind grain in the prison.
And when the people saw
him, they praised their god: for they said, Our god hath delivered into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, which
slew many of us.
And when the people saw him, they praised their god, saying: “Our god has delivered into our hands our enemy who destroyed our land and multiplied our dead.”
And it came to pass, when their hearts were
merry, that they said, Call for
Samson, that he may make us
sport. And they called for
Samson out of the prison house; and he made them
sport: and they set
him between the pillars.
And while their hearts were
merry, they said, “Call for
Samson to
entertain us.” So they called
Samson out of the prison to
entertain them. And they stationed
him between the pillars.
And
Samson said unto the
lad that held
him by the hand, Suffer me that I may feel the pillars
whereupon the house standeth, that I may
lean upon them.
Samson said to the servant who held his hand, “Lead me where I can feel the pillars supporting the temple, so I can
lean against them.”
And
Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood, and on which it was borne up, of the one with his right hand, and of the other with his left.
And
Samson reached out for the two central pillars supporting the temple.
Bracing himself against them with his right hand on one
pillar and his left hand on the other,
And
Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed
himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he
slew at his death were more than they which he
slew in his life.
Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines.” Then he pushed with all his might, and the temple fell on the lords and all the people in it. So in his death he killed more than he had killed in his life.
Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and took
him, and brought
him up, and buried
him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the buryingplace of
Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years.
Then
Samson’s brothers and his father’s family came down, carried
him back, and buried
him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of his father
Manoah. And he had judged Israel twenty years.
And
Micah said unto
him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto
him, I am a
Levite of Bethlehemjudah, and I go to
sojourn where I may find a place.
“Where are you from?”
Micah asked
him. “I am a
Levite from
Bethlehem in Judah,” he replied, “and I am on my way to settle wherever I can find a place.”
And
Micah said unto
him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten shekels of silver by the year, and a suit of
apparel, and thy
victuals. So the
Levite went in.
“Stay with me,”
Micah said to
him, “and be my father and priest, and I will give you ten shekels of silver per year, a suit of clothes, and your provisions.” So the
Levite went in
And the
Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto
him as one of his sons.
and agreed to stay with
him, and the young man became like a son to
Micah.
When they were by the house of
Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the
Levite: and they turned in thither, and said unto
him, Who brought thee
hither? and what makest thou in this place? and what hast thou here?
And while they were near
Micah’s house, they recognized the voice of the young
Levite; so they went over and asked
him, “Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? Why are you here?”
And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.
Then they said to him, “Please inquire of God to determine whether we will have a successful journey.”
So they turned aside there and went to the home of the young
Levite, the house of
Micah, and
greeted him.
And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?
“Be quiet,” they told him. “Put your hand over your mouth and come with us and be a father and a priest to us. Is it better for you to be a priest for the house of one person or a priest for a tribe and family in Israel?”
And the children of
Dan said unto
him, Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest
angry fellows run upon thee, and thou lose thy life, with the lives of thy household.
The Danites said to
him, “Do not raise your voice against us, or
angry men will attack you, and you and your family will lose your lives.”
And the children of
Dan went their way: and when
Micah saw that they were too strong for
him, he turned and went back unto his house.
So the Danites went on their way, and
Micah turned to go back home, because he saw that they were too strong for
him.
And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain
Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to
him a
concubine out of Bethlehemjudah.
Now in those days, when there was no king in Israel, a
Levite who lived in the remote hill country of Ephraim took for
himself a
concubine from
Bethlehem in Judah.
And his
concubine played the
whore against
him, and went away from
him unto her father’s house to Bethlehemjudah, and was there four whole months.
But she was unfaithful to
him and left
him to return to her father’s house in
Bethlehem in Judah. After she had been there four months,
And her husband arose, and went after her, to speak friendly unto her, and to bring her again, having his servant with
him, and a couple of
asses: and she brought
him into her father’s house: and when the father of the
damsel saw
him, he
rejoiced to meet
him.
her husband got up and went after her to speak kindly to her and bring her back, taking his servant and a pair of
donkeys. So the
girl brought
him into her father’s house, and when her father saw
him, he
gladly welcomed him.
And his father in law, the
damsel’s father, retained
him; and he abode with
him three days: so they did eat and drink, and
lodged there.
His father-in-law, the
girl’s father, persuaded
him to stay, so he remained with
him three days, eating, drinking, and
lodging there.
And when the man rose up to depart, his father in law urged
him: therefore he
lodged there again.
The man got up to depart, but his father-in-law persuaded him, so he stayed there that night.
And when the man rose up to depart, he, and his
concubine, and his servant, his father in law, the
damsel’s father, said unto
him, Behold, now the day draweth toward evening, I pray you
tarry all night: behold, the day groweth to an end,
lodge here, that thine heart may be
merry; and to
morrow get you early on your way, that thou mayest go home.
When the man got up to depart with his
concubine and his servant, his father-in-law, the
girl’s father, said to
him, “Look, the day is drawing to a close. Please
spend the night. See, the day is almost over.
Spend the night here, that your heart may be
merry. Then you can get up early
tomorrow for your journey home.”
But the man would not
tarry that night, but he rose up and departed, and came over against
Jebus, which is Jerusalem; and there were with
him two
asses saddled, his
concubine also was with
him.
But the man was unwilling to
spend the night. He got up and departed, and arrived opposite
Jebus (that is, Jerusalem), with his two
saddled donkeys and his
concubine.
And his master said unto
him, We will not turn aside
hither into the city of a stranger, that is not of the children of Israel; we will pass over to Gibeah.
But his master replied, “We will not turn aside to the city of foreigners, where there are no Israelites. We will go on to Gibeah.”
