1 Então todos os filhos de Israel saíram, e a congregação se ajuntou, perante o SENHOR em Mizpá, como se fora um só homem, desde Dã até Berseba, como também a terra de Gileade.
2 E os principais de todo o povo, de todas as tribos de Israel, se apresentaram na congregação do povo de Deus; quatrocentos mil homens de pé que tiravam a espada
3 (Ouviram, pois, os filhos de Benjamim que os filhos de Israel haviam subido a Mizpá). E disseram os filhos de Israel: Falai, como sucedeu esta maldade?
4 Então respondeu o homem levita, marido da mulher que fora morta, e disse: Cheguei com a minha concubina a Gibeá, cidade de Benjamim, para passar a noite.
5 E os cidadãos de Gibeá se levantaram contra mim, e cercaram a casa de noite; intentaram matar-me, e violaram a minha concubina, de maneira que morreu.
6 Então peguei na minha concubina, e fi-la em pedaços, e a enviei por toda a terra da herança de Israel; porquanto fizeram tal malefício e loucura em Israel.
7 Eis que todos sois filhos de Israel; dai aqui a vossa palavra e conselho.
8 Então todo o povo se levantou como um só homem, dizendo: Nenhum de nós irá à sua tenda nem nenhum de nós voltará à sua casa.
9 Porém isto é o que faremos a Gibeá: procederemos contra ela por sorte.
10 E de todas as tribos de Israel, tomaremos dez homens de cada cem, e cem de cada mil, e mil de cada dez mil, para providenciarem mantimento para o povo; para que, vindo ele a Gibeá de Benjamim, lhe façam conforme a toda a loucura que tem feito em Israel.
11 Assim ajuntaram-se contra esta cidade todos os homens de Israel, unidos como um só homem.
12 E as tribos de Israel enviaram homens por toda a tribo de Benjamim, dizendo: Que maldade é esta que se fez entre vós?
13 Dai-nos, pois, agora aqueles homens, filhos de Belial, que estão em Gibeá, para que os matemos, e tiremos de Israel o mal. Porém os filhos de Benjamim não quiseram ouvir a voz de seus irmãos, os filhos de Israel.
14 Antes os filhos de Benjamim se ajuntaram das cidades em Gibeá, para saírem a pelejar contra os filhos de Israel.
15 E contaram-se naquele dia os filhos de Benjamim, das cidades, vinte e seis mil homens que tiravam a espada, afora os moradores de Gibeá, de que se contaram setecentos homens escolhidos.
16 Entre todo este povo havia setecentos homens escolhidos, canhotos, os quais atiravam com a funda uma pedra em um cabelo, e não erravam.
17 E contaram-se dos homens de Israel, afora os de Benjamim, quatrocentos mil homens que tiravam da espada, e todos eles homens de guerra.
18 E levantaram-se os filhos de Israel, e subiram a Betel; e consultaram a Deus, dizendo: Quem dentre nós subirá primeiro a pelejar contra Benjamim? E disse o Senhor: Judá subirá primeiro.
19 Levantaram-se, pois, os filhos de Israel pela manhã, e acamparam-se contra Gibeá.
20 E os homens de Israel saíram à peleja contra Benjamim; e os homens de Israel ordenaram a batalha contra eles, ao pé de Gibeá.
21 Então os filhos de Benjamim saíram de Gibeá, e derrubaram por terra, naquele dia, vinte e dois mil homens de Israel.
22 Porém esforçou-se o povo, isto é, os homens de Israel, e tornaram a ordenar a peleja no lugar onde no primeiro dia a tinham ordenado.
23 E subiram os filhos de Israel, e choraram perante o Senhor até à tarde, e perguntaram ao Senhor, dizendo: Tornar-me-ei a chegar à peleja contra os filhos de Benjamim, meu irmão? E disse o Senhor: Subi contra ele.
24 Chegaram-se, pois, os filhos de Israel aos filhos de Benjamim, no dia seguinte.
25 Também os de Benjamim no dia seguinte lhes saíram ao encontro fora de Gibeá, e derrubaram ainda por terra mais dezoito mil homens, todos dos que tiravam a espada.
26 Então todos os filhos de Israel, e todo o povo, subiram, e vieram a Betel e choraram, e estiveram ali perante o Senhor, e jejuaram aquele dia até à tarde; e ofereceram holocaustos e ofertas pacíficas perante o Senhor.
27 E os filhos de Israel perguntaram ao Senhor (porquanto a arca da aliança de Deus estava ali naqueles dias;
28 E Finéias, filho de Eleazar, filho de Arão, estava perante ele naqueles dias), dizendo: Tornarei ainda a pelejar contra os filhos de Benjamim, meu irmão, ou pararei? E disse o Senhor: Subi, que amanhã eu to entregarei na mão.
29 Então Israel pôs emboscadas em redor de Gibeá.
30 E subiram os filhos de Israel ao terceiro dia contra os filhos de Benjamim, e ordenaram a peleja junto a Gibeá, como das outras vezes.
31 Então os filhos de Benjamim saíram ao encontro do povo, e desviaram-se da cidade; e começaram a ferir alguns do povo, atravessando-os, como das outras vezes, pelos caminhos (um dos quais sobe para Betel, e o outro para Gibeá pelo campo), uns trinta dos homens de Israel.
32 Então os filhos de Benjamim disseram: Estão derrotados diante de nós como dantes. Porém os filhos de Israel disseram: Fujamos, e desviemo-los da cidade para os caminhos.
33 Então todos os homens de Israel se levantaram do seu lugar, e ordenaram a peleja em Baal-Tamar; e a emboscada de Israel saiu do seu lugar, da caverna de Gibeá.
34 E dez mil homens escolhidos de todo o Israel vieram contra Gibeá, e a peleja se agravou; porém eles não sabiam o mal que lhes tocaria.
35 Então feriu o Senhor a Benjamim diante de Israel; e destruíram os filhos de Israel, naquele dia, vinte e cinco mil e cem homens de Benjamim, todos dos que tiravam a espada.
36 E viram os filhos de Benjamim que estavam feridos; porque os homens de Israel deram lugar aos benjamitas, porquanto estavam confiados na emboscada que haviam posto contra Gibeá.
37 E a emboscada se apressou, e acometeu a Gibeá; e a emboscada arremeteu contra ela, e feriu ao fio da espada toda a cidade.
38 E os homens de Israel tinham um sinal determinado com a emboscada, que era fazer levantar da cidade uma grande nuvem de fumaça.
39 Viraram-se, pois, os homens de Israel na peleja; e já Benjamim começava a ferir, dos homens de Israel, quase trinta homens, pois diziam: Já infalivelmente estão derrotados diante de nós, como na peleja passada.
40 Então a nuvem de fumaça começou a se levantar da cidade, como uma coluna; e, virando-se Benjamim a olhar para trás de si, eis que a fumaça da cidade subia ao céu.
41 E os homens de Israel viraram os rostos, e os homens de Benjamim pasmaram; porque viram que o mal lhes tocaria.
42 E viraram as costas diante dos homens de Israel, para o caminho do deserto; porém a peleja os apertou; e os que saíam das cidades os destruíram no meio deles.
43 E cercaram aos de Benjamim, e os perseguiram, e à vontade os pisaram, até diante de Gibeá, para o nascente do sol.
44 E caíram de Benjamim dezoito mil homens, todos estes sendo homens valentes.
45 Então viraram as costas, e fugiram para o deserto, à penha de Rimom; colheram ainda deles pelos caminhos uns cinco mil homens; e de perto os seguiram até Gidom, e feriram deles dois mil homens.
46 E, todos os que caíram de Benjamim, naquele dia, foram vinte e cinco mil homens que tiravam a espada, todos eles homens valentes.
47 Porém seiscentos homens viraram as costas, e fugiram para o deserto, à penha de Rimom; e ficaram na penha de Rimom quatro meses.
48 E os homens de Israel voltaram para os filhos de Benjamim, e os feriram ao fio da espada, desde os homens da cidade até aos animais, até a tudo quanto se achava, como também a todas as cidades, quantas acharam, puseram fogo.
1 And all the children of Israel went forth, and the assembly gathered together as one man, from Dan to Beer-sheba, and the land of Gilead, unto Jehovah at Mizpah.
2 And the heads of all the people, of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the congregation of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword.
3 And the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel had gone up to Mizpah. And the children of Israel said, Tell {us}, how was this wickedness?
4 Then the Levite, the husband of the woman that was murdered, answered and said, I came to Gibeah that {belongs} to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge.
5 And the citizens of Gibeah rose against me, and surrounded the house because of me, by night; they thought to slay me, and my concubine have they humbled so that she died.
6 Then I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout the country of the inheritance of Israel; for they have committed lewdness and villany in Israel.
7 Behold, all ye, children of Israel, deliberate and give here {your} counsel.
8 And all the people rose up as one man, saying, We will not any one go to his tent, neither will we any one turn into his house.
9 But now this is the thing which we will do to Gibeah: {we go} by lot against it;
10 and we will take ten men of a hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred of a thousand, and a thousand of ten thousand, to fetch victuals for the people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the villany that they have wrought in Israel.
11 And all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man.
12 And the tribes of Israel sent men to all the families of Benjamin, saying, What wickedness is this that has been done among you?
13 And now give up the men, the sons of Belial, who 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.
14 And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities of Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel.
15 And the children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out of the cities, twenty-six thousand men that drew sword, besides the inhabitants of Gibeah, who were numbered seven hundred chosen men.
16 Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men left-handed; all these slang stones at a hair {breadth}, and missed not.
17 And the men of Israel, besides Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war.
18 And the children of Israel arose and went up to Bethel, and inquired of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And Jehovah said, Judah first.
19 And the children of Israel rose up in the morning and encamped against Gibeah.
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.
21 And the children of Benjamin went forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed to the ground of the Israelites that day twenty-two thousand men.
22 And the people, the men of Israel, took courage, and set the battle again in array in the place where they put themselves in array the first day.
23 And the children of Israel went up and wept before Jehovah until even, and inquired of Jehovah, saying, Shall I go up again to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother? And Jehovah said, Go up against him.
24 And the children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin the second day.
25 And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day, and again destroyed to the ground of the children of Israel eighteen thousand men: all these drew the sword.
26 Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up and came to Bethel, and wept, and abode there before Jehovah, and fasted that day until even, and offered up burnt-offerings and peace-offerings before Jehovah.
27 And the children of Israel inquired of Jehovah (and the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,
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 Jehovah said, Go up; for to-morrow I will give them into thy hand.
29 And Israel set liers in wait against Gibeah, round about.
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 the other times.
31 And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city, and began to smite of the people, slaying as at the former times, in the highways, of which one leads to Bethel and the other to Gibeah in the field, about thirty men of Israel.
32 And the children of Benjamin said, They are smitten down before us, as at the first. And the children of Israel said, Let us flee, that we may draw them from the city to the highways.
33 And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and put themselves in array at Baal-Tamar; and the ambush of Israel rushed forth out of their place, out of the meadows of Geba.
34 And there came from opposite Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was severe; but they knew not that disaster was coming upon them.
35 And Jehovah smote Benjamin before Israel; and the children of Israel destroyed of the Benjaminites that day twenty-five thousand one hundred men: all these drew the sword.
36 And the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten. -And the men of Israel gave place to Benjamin, because they trusted to the ambush that they had set against Gibeah.
37 And the ambush hasted, and fell upon Gibeah; and the ambush drew along, and smote the whole city with the edge of the sword.
38 Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the ambush, that they should make a thick column of smoke rise up out of the city.
39 And when the men of Israel turned back in the battle, Benjamin began to smite, slaying of the men of Israel about thirty men; for they said, Surely they are quite routed before us as in the first battle.
40 And when the burning began to rise up out of the city as a pillar of smoke, Benjamin looked behind, and behold, the whole city ascended {in smoke} to the heavens.
41 Then the men of Israel turned back, and the men of Benjamin were amazed, for they saw that disaster was come upon them.
42 And they turned before the men of Israel to the way of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and those who came out of the cities destroyed them in their midst.
43 They encompassed the Benjaminites, chased them, trode them down at the resting-place over against Gibeah toward the sun-rising.
44 And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men: all these, men of valour.
45 And they turned and fled towards the wilderness to the cliff of Rimmon, and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men; and pursued hard after them to Gidom, and slew two thousand men of them.
46 So that all who fell that day of Benjamin were twenty-five thousand men that drew the sword: all these, men of valour.
47 And six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness to the cliff of Rimmon, and abode at the cliff of Rimmon four months.
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 cattle, and all that was found; even all the cities that were found did they set on fire.