English Bible Presentation Sharing - Judges Book, chapter 20, verse 48 in Mkjv Version

Judges 20 : 1 (MKJV)

Then all the sons of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, with the land of Gilead, to Jehovah in Mizpeh.

Judges 20 : 2 (MKJV)

And the leaders of all the people, 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 (MKJV)

And the sons of Benjamin heard that the sons of Israel had gone up to Mizpeh. And the sons of Israel said, Speak. How did this evil happen?

Judges 20 : 4 (MKJV)

And the Levite, the husband of the woman who was slain, answered and said, I came into Gibeah of Benjamin to stay the night, my concubine and I.

Judges 20 : 5 (MKJV)

And the men of Gibeah rose against me and set upon the house all around me at night. They intended to kill me. And they raped my concubine, and she is dead.

Judges 20 : 6 (MKJV)

And I took my concubine and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the land of the inheritance of Israel. For they have committed evil and folly in Israel.

Judges 20 : 7 (MKJV)

Behold, you are all sons of Israel. Give here your advice and counsel.

Judges 20 : 8 (MKJV)

And all people rose as one man, saying, Let no man go to his tent, and do not let any of us turn to his house.

Judges 20 : 9 (MKJV)

And now this is the thing which we will do to Gibeah, going against it by lot.

Judges 20 : 10 (MKJV)

and we will take ten men of a hundred of all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to bring food for the people, so that when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, they may do according to all the folly which they have done in Israel.

Judges 20 : 11 (MKJV)

And every man of Israel was gathered against the city, all together as one man.

Judges 20 : 12 (MKJV)

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 (MKJV)

Now, therefore, deliver the men, the sons of Belial, who are in Gibeah, so that we may put them to death and put away evil from Israel. But Benjamin would not listen to the voice of their brothers, the sons of Israel.

Judges 20 : 14 (MKJV)

And the sons of Benjamin gathered out of the cities to Gibeah, to go out to battle against the sons of Israel.

Judges 20 : 15 (MKJV)

And the sons of Benjamin were numbered on that day out of the cities twenty-six thousand men who drew sword, besides the inhabitants of Gibeah, who were numbered seven hundred chosen men.

Judges 20 : 16 (MKJV)

Among all this people were seven hundred chosen men, left-handed. Every one could sling stones at a hair's breadth, and not miss.

Judges 20 : 17 (MKJV)

And the men of Israel, besides Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men who drew sword. All these were men of war.

Judges 20 : 18 (MKJV)

And the sons of Israel rose 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 sons of Benjamin? And Jehovah said, Judah first.

Judges 20 : 19 (MKJV)

And the sons of Israel rose up early in the morning, and camped against Gibeah.

Judges 20 : 20 (MKJV)

And the men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin. And the men of Israel put themselves in order, ready to fight against them at Gibeah.

Judges 20 : 21 (MKJV)

And the sons of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah and destroyed to the earth twenty-two thousand men of the Israelites that day.

Judges 20 : 22 (MKJV)

And the people, the men of Israel, encouraged themselves and set their battle in order again in the place where they put themselves in order the first day.

Judges 20 : 23 (MKJV)

And the sons of Israel went up and wept before Jehovah until evening, and asked counsel from Jehovah saying, Shall I go up again to battle against the sons of Benjamin my brother? And Jehovah said, Go up against him.

Judges 20 : 24 (MKJV)

And the sons of Israel came near against the sons of Benjamin the second day.

Judges 20 : 25 (MKJV)

And Benjamin went forth to meet them again from Gibeah the second day and again destroyed to the earth eighteen thousand men of the sons of Israel. All these drew the sword.

Judges 20 : 26 (MKJV)

And all the sons of Israel, and all the people, went up and came into the house of God, and wept, and sat there before Jehovah and fasted that day until evening, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before Jehovah.

Judges 20 : 27 (MKJV)

And the sons of Israel inquired of Jehovah (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,

Judges 20 : 28 (MKJV)

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 sons of Benjamin my brother, or shall I stop? And Jehovah said, Go up, for tomorrow I will deliver them into your hand.

Judges 20 : 29 (MKJV)

And Israel set ambushers all around Gibeah.

Judges 20 : 30 (MKJV)

And the sons of Israel went up against the sons of Benjamin on the third day, and put themselves in order against Gibeah, as at other times.

Judges 20 : 31 (MKJV)

And the sons of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city. And they began to strike some of the people and to kill, as at other times, in the highways, one of which goes up to the house of God, and the other to Gibeah in the field, about thirty men of Israel.

Judges 20 : 32 (MKJV)

And the sons of Benjamin said, They are beaten before us as at the first. But the sons of Israel said, Let us flee and draw them from the city to the highways.

Judges 20 : 33 (MKJV)

And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place and marshalled at Baal-tamar. And the ambush of Israel broke forth from their place, from the plains of Gibeah.

Judges 20 : 34 (MKJV)

And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was heavy. But they did not know that evil was near them.

Judges 20 : 35 (MKJV)

And Jehovah struck Benjamin before Israel. And the sons of Israel destroyed in Benjamin twenty-five thousand and a hundred men that day. All these drew the sword.

Judges 20 : 36 (MKJV)

So the sons of Benjamin saw that they were beaten. For the men of Israel gave place to Benjamin because they trusted to the ambush which they had set against Gibeah.

Judges 20 : 37 (MKJV)

And the ambush hurried and rushed against Gibeah. And the ambush marched and struck all the city with the edge of the sword.

Judges 20 : 38 (MKJV)

And a sign was set between the men of Israel and the ambush, to cause to go up a great smoke rising up from the city.

Judges 20 : 39 (MKJV)

And when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin began to strike and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons. For they said, Surely they are stricken down before us as in the first battle.

Judges 20 : 40 (MKJV)

And the rising of a pillar of smoke began to go up out of the city. And Benjamin turned behind them, and behold, the whole city had gone up toward the heavens.

Judges 20 : 41 (MKJV)

And the men of Israel turned again, and the men of Benjamin were amazed. For they saw that evil had touched them.

Judges 20 : 42 (MKJV)

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 they destroyed in the midst of them.

Judges 20 : 43 (MKJV)

They encircled Benjamin and they chased them without rest, and trod them down until they were against Gibeah toward the sunrise.

Judges 20 : 44 (MKJV)

And there fell from Benjamin eighteen thousand. All these were men of war.

Judges 20 : 45 (MKJV)

And they turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon. And they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men, and pursued hard after them to Gidom and killed two thousand men of them.

Judges 20 : 46 (MKJV)

So that all who fell that day of Benjamin were twenty-five thousand men who drew the sword. All of these were men of war.

Judges 20 : 47 (MKJV)

But six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness, to the rock Rimmon, and they stayed in the rock Rimmon four months.

Judges 20 : 48 (MKJV)

And the sons of Israel turned again to the sons of Benjamin and struck them with the edge of the sword, from the entire city to livestock, to all that was found. Also they set on fire all the cities that they came to.