From: "Friends" 

CHAPTER 19
Judges 19:1
1 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. Judges 19:2
2 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.
Judges 19:3
3 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. Judges 19:4
4 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. Judges
19:5
5 And it came to pass on the fourth day, when they arose early in the
morning, that he rose up to depart: and the damsel's father said unto his
son in law, Comfort thine heart with a morsel  of bread,  and afterward  go
your way.
Judges 19:6
6 And they sat down, and did eat and drink both of them together: for the
damsel's father had said unto the man, Be content, I pray thee, and tarry
all night, and let thine heart be merry. Judges 19:7
7 And when the man rose up to depart, his father in law urged him:
therefore he lodged there again.
Judges 19:8
8 And he arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart: and the
damsel's father said, Comfort thine heart, I pray thee. And they tarried
until afternoon, and they did eat  both  of them. Judges 19:9
9 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. Judges
19:10
10 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. Judges 19:11
11 And when they were by Jebus, the day was far spent; and the servant said
unto his master, Come, I pray thee, and let us turn in into this city of
the Jebusites, and lodge in it.
Judges 19:12
12 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.
Judges 19:13
13 And he said unto his servant, Come, and let us draw near to one of these
places to lodge all night, in Gibeah, or in Ramah. Judges 19:14
14 And they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down upon them
when they were by Gibeah, which belongeth to Benjamin. Judges 19:15
15 And they turned aside thither, to go in and to lodge in Gibeah: and when
he went in, he sat him down in a street of the city: for there was no man
that took them into his house to lodging. Judges 19:16
16 And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at
even, which was also of mount Ephraim; and he sojourned in Gibeah: but the
men of the place  were Benjamites.
Judges 19:17
17 And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw a wayfaring man in the street
of the city: and the old man said, Whither goest thou? and whence comest
thou?
Judges 19:18
18 And he said unto him, We are passing from Bethlehemjudah toward the side
of mount Ephraim; from thence am I: and I went to Bethlehemjudah, but I am
now going to the house of the LORD; and there is no man  that receiveth  me
to house.
Judges 19:19
19 Yet there is both straw and provender for our asses; and there is bread
and wine also for me, and for thy handmaid, and for the young man which is
with thy servants: there is no want of any thing. Judges 19:20
20 And the old man said, Peace be with thee; howsoever let all thy wants
lie upon me; only lodge not in the street. Judges 19:21
21 So he brought him into his house, and gave provender unto the asses: and
they washed their feet, and did eat and drink. Judges 19:22
22 Now as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city,
certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about, and beat at the door,
and spake  to the master  of the house,  the old  man,  saying,  Bring
forth the man  that came  into thine house,  that we may know  him. Judges
19:23
23 And the man, the master of the house, went out unto them, and said unto
them, Nay, my brethren, nay, I pray you, do not so wickedly; seeing that
this man is come into mine house, do  not this folly. Judges 19:24
24 Behold, here is my daughter a maiden, and his concubine; them I will
bring out now, and humble ye them, and do with them what seemeth good unto
you: but unto this man do not so vile a thing. Judges 19:25
25 But the men would not hearken to him: so the man took his concubine, and
brought her forth unto them; and they knew her, and abused her all the
night until the morning: and when the day  began to spring,  they let her
go. Judges 19:26
26 Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell down at the door
of the man's house where her lord was, till it was light. Judges 19:27
27 And her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the house,
and went out to go his way: and, behold, the woman his concubine was fallen
down at the door  of the house,  and her hands  were upon the threshold.
Judges 19:28
28 And he said unto her, Up, and let us be going. But none answered. Then
the man took her up upon an ass, and the man rose up, and gat him unto his
place.
Judges 19:29
29 And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on
his concubine, and divided her, together with her bones, into twelve
pieces, and sent her into all the coasts of Israel. Judges 19:30
30 And it was so, that all that saw it said, 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 day: consider  of it, take advice,  and speak  your
minds. CHAPTER 20
Judges 20:1
1 Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was
gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of
Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh.
Judges 20:2
2 And the chief of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel,
presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred
thousand footmen that drew  sword.
Judges 20:3
3 (Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone
up to Mizpeh.) Then said the children of Israel, Tell us, how was this
wickedness?
Judges 20:4
4 And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was slain, answered and
said, I came into Gibeah that belongeth to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to
lodge.
Judges 20:5
5 And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about
upon me by night, and thought to have slain me: and my concubine have they
forced, that she is dead.
Judges 20:6
6 And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout
all the country of the inheritance of Israel: for they have committed
lewdness and folly in Israel.
Judges 20:7
7 Behold, ye are all children of Israel; give here your advice and counsel.
Judges 20:8
8 And all the people arose as one man, saying, We will not any of us go to
his tent, neither will we any of us turn into his house. Judges 20:9
9 But now this shall be the thing which we will do to Gibeah; we will go up
by lot against it;
Judges 20:10
10 And we will take ten men of an hundred throughout all the tribes of
Israel, and an hundred of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand,
to fetch victual for the people,  that they may do,  when they come  to
Gibeah of Benjamin,  according to all the folly  that they have wrought  in
Israel. Judges 20:11
11 So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man.
Judges 20:12
12 And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin,
saying, What wickedness is this that is done among you? Judges 20:13
13 Now therefore deliver us the men, the children of Belial, which are in
Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from Israel. But
the children of Benjamin would not hearken  to the voice  of their brethren
the children  of Israel:
Judges 20:14
14 But the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the
cities unto Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel.
Judges 20:15
15 And the children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out of the
cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, beside the inhabitants
of Gibeah,  which were numbered  seven  hundred  chosen  men. Judges 20:16
16 Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded;
every one could sling stones at an hair breadth, and not miss. Judges 20:17
17 And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were numbered four hundred
thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war. Judges 20:18
18 And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God, and
asked counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle
against the children  of Benjamin?  And the LORD  said,  Judah  shall go up
first.
Judges 20:19
19 And the children of Israel rose up in the morning, and encamped against Gibeah.
Judges 20:20
20 And the men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin; and the men
of Israel put themselves in array to fight against them at Gibeah. Judges
20:21
21 And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed
down to the ground of the Israelites that day twenty and two thousand men.
Judges 20:22
22 And the people the men of Israel encouraged themselves, and set their
battle again in array in the place where they put themselves in array the
first day.
Judges 20:23
23 (And the children of Israel went up and wept before the LORD until even,
and asked counsel of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up again to battle
against the children  of Benjamin  my brother?  And the LORD  said,  Go up
against him.)
Judges 20:24
24 And the children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin
the second day.
Judges 20:25
25 And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day, and
destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again eighteen
thousand men;  all these drew  the sword. Judges 20:26
26 Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came
unto the house of God, and wept, and sat there before the LORD, and fasted
that day  until even,  and offered  burnt offerings  and peace offerings
before  the LORD.
Judges 20:27
27 And the children of Israel enquired of the LORD, (for the ark of the
covenant of God was there in those days, Judges 20:28
28 And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in
those days,) saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the
children of Benjamin  my brother,  or shall I cease?  And the LORD  said, 
Go up; for to morrow  I will deliver  them into thine hand. Judges 20:29
29 And Israel set liers in wait round about Gibeah. Judges 20:30
30 And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on
the third day, and put themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other
times.
Judges 20:31
31 And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn
away from the city; and they began to smite of the people, and kill, as at
other times, in the highways,  of which one  goeth up  to the house  of
God, and the other  to Gibeah  in the field,  about thirty  men  of Israel.
Judges 20:32
32 And the children of Benjamin said, They are smitten down before us, as
at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them
from the city unto the highways.
Judges 20:33
33 And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and put themselves
in array at Baaltamar: and the liers in wait of Israel came forth out of
their places, even out of the meadows of Gibeah. Judges 20:34
34 And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel,
and the battle was sore: but they knew not that evil was near  them. Judges
20:35
35 And the LORD smote Benjamin before Israel: and the children of Israel
destroyed of the Benjamites that day twenty and five thousand  and an
hundred  men:  all these drew  the sword. Judges 20:36
36 So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten: for the men of
Israel gave place to the Benjamites, because they trusted unto the liers in
wait which they had set beside Gibeah. Judges 20:37
37 And the liers in wait hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah; and the liers in
wait drew themselves along, and smote all the city with the edge of the
sword.
Judges 20:38
38 Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers
in wait, that they should make a great flame with smoke rise up out of the
city.
Judges 20:39
39 And when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin began to
smite and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons: for they said, 
Surely they are smitten down  before  us, as in the first  battle. Judges
20:40
40 But when the flame began to arise up out of the city with a pillar of
smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them, and, behold, the flame of the
city ascended up to heaven.
Judges 20:41
41 And when the men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjamin were
amazed: for they saw that evil was come upon them. Judges 20:42
42 Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel unto the way
of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and them which came out of
the cities they destroyed in the midst of them. Judges 20:43
43 Thus they inclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased them, and
trode them down with ease over against Gibeah toward the sunrising. Judges
20:44
44 And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these were men of valour.
Judges 20:45
45 And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon:
and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men; and pursued
hard after them unto Gidom,  and slew  two thousand  men  of them. Judges
20:46
46 So that all which fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and five
thousand men that drew the sword; all these were men of valour. Judges
20:47
47 But six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness unto the rock
Rimmon, and abode in the rock Rimmon four months. Judges 20:48
48 And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and
smote them with the edge of the sword, as well the men of every city, as
the beast, and all that came to hand:  also they set  on fire  all the
cities that they came to.
CHAPTER 21
Judges 21:1
1 Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shall not any of
us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife. Judges 21:2
2 And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before
God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore; Judges 21:3
3 And said, O LORD God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that
there should be to day one tribe lacking in Israel? Judges 21:4
4 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people rose early, and built
there an altar, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. Judges
21:5
5 And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of
Israel that came not up with the congregation unto the LORD? For they had
made a great oath concerning him that came not up to the LORD  to Mizpeh,
saying,  He shall surely  be put to death. Judges 21:6
6 And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and
said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day. Judges 21:7
7 How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have sworn by
the LORD that we will not give them of our daughters to wives? Judges 21:8
8 And they said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel that came not up
to Mizpeh to the LORD? And, behold, there came none to the camp from
Jabeshgilead to the assembly.
Judges 21:9
9 For the people were numbered, and, behold, there were none of the
inhabitants of Jabeshgilead there.
Judges 21:10
10 And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the valiantest,
and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead
with the edge  of the sword,  with the women  and the children. Judges
21:11
11 And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy every
male, and every woman that hath lain by man. Judges 21:12
12 And they found among the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead four hundred young
virgins, that had known no man by lying with any male: and they brought
them unto the camp  to Shiloh,  which is in the land  of Canaan. Judges
21:13
13 And the whole congregation sent some to speak to the children of
Benjamin that were in the rock Rimmon, and to call peaceably unto them.
Judges 21:14
14 And Benjamin came again at that time; and they gave them wives which
they had saved alive of the women of Jabeshgilead: and yet so they sufficed
them not.
Judges 21:15
15 And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that the LORD had
made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
Judges 21:16
16 Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for
them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin? Judges
21:17
17 And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that be escaped of
Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel. Judges 21:18
18 Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters: for the children of
Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed be he that giveth a wife to Benjamin.
Judges 21:19
19 Then they said, Behold, there is a feast of the LORD in Shiloh yearly in
a place which is on the north side of Bethel, on the east side of the
highway that goeth up from Bethel to Shechem,  and on the south  of
Lebonah. Judges 21:20
20 Therefore they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in
wait in the vineyards;
Judges 21:21
21 And see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in
dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife
of the daughters of Shiloh,  and go  to the land  of Benjamin. Judges 21:22
22 And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come unto us to
complain, that we will say unto them, Be favourable unto them for our
sakes: because we reserved not to each man his wife in the war: for ye did
not give unto them at this time, that ye should be guilty. Judges 21:23
23 And the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according to
their number, of them that danced, whom they caught: and they went and
returned unto their inheritance, and repaired the cities,  and dwelt  in
them.
Judges 21:24
24 And the children of Israel departed thence at that time, every man to
his tribe and to his family, and they went out from thence every man to his
inheritance.
Judges 21:25
25 In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was
right in his own eyes.

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