XV. 26,

B.C. 1
9 And the border *was_drawn from| Rephaim.
the_top_of the hill unto the_fountain- of the_water_of Nephtoah, and -went_ out to the_cities.of mount Ephron; and the border -was_drawn to Baalah, which ts Kirjath-jearim :
10 And the border ‘« compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and *passed_along unto the_side_of mount Jearim, which 7s Chesalon, on the north side, and -went_down to Beth-shemesh, and «passed_on to Timnah :
11 And the border -went_out unto the_side_of Ekron northward: and the border -was_drawn to Shicron, and *passed_along to mount xBaalah, and ‘went_out unto Jabneel; and the_ goings_out_of the border -were at_the_
ea. 12 And the west border was to the great xsea, and the coast thereof.
This is the_) coast_of the_s children_of|?- Judah round_about according_to their |”
families.
13 And unto Caleb the_son_of Je- phunneh he gaye a part among the_ schildren_of Judah, according_to the_ commandment_of / the Lorp to Joshua,
even vthe_city_of Arba the_father_of| 10, 20.
xAnak, which city 7s Hebron.
14 And Caleb drove thence -the_three| °”, sons_of xAnak, -Sheshai, and ~Ahiman, | d, Debir,
and «Talmai, the_¢ children_of xAnak. 15 And he went_up thence to the_
inhabitants_of ¢ Debir: and the name_
of Debir before was + Kirjath-sepher.
16 And Caleb said, “He that_'smiteth BODE
-Kirjath-sepher, and «taketh it, to him all ee arAchsah my daughter to wife.”
17 And oOthniél the_son_of Kenaz,
the_brother_of Caleb, took it: and he} Anklet.
gave him +«Achsah his daughter to wife.
18 And it came_to_pass as she came unto him, that she moved him to ask of her «father a field: and she lighted off her xass;.and Caleb said unto her, “What wouldest thou?”
19 Who answered, “-Give me a bless- ing; for thou -hast_given me @ xsouth land; «give me also springs_of water.” And he gave her the upper «springs, and the nether springs.
20 This is the_inheritance_of the_ tribe_of the_schildren_of Judah ac- cording_to their families.
21 And the uttermost cities of the_ tribe_of the_s children_of Judah toward the_) coast_of Edom southward were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur,
2 And Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah,
23 And Kedesh, and 4Hazor, and Tthnan,
24 Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth,
2 And Hazor, Hadattah, and Ke- rioth, and Hezron, which 7s Hazor,
26 Amam, and Shema, and Moladah,
God. 18, 19. J 14, 15.
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| JosHua XV. 27.
JosHuA XVII. 3.
| Bc. 1444.
CITIES OF JUDAH IN
THE JEBUSITES. 68. See Judg.
1.8, 21. 2Sam. 5. 6.
27 And Hazar-gaddah, and Heshmon, and Beth-palet,
23 And Hazar-shual, and Beer-sheba, and Bizjothjah,
2 Baalah, and Iim, and Azem,
30 And Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hor- mah,
81 And Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah,
2 And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities are twenty and nine, with their villages:
33 And in the valley, Eshtaol, and Zoreah, and Ashnah,
34 And Zanoah, and En-gannim, Tap- puah, and Enam,
3 Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,
36 And Sharaim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim ; fourteen cities with their villages:
87 Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdal-
83’ And Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Jok-
ee!
39 Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon,
40 And Cabbon, and Lahmam, and Kithlish,
41 And Gederoth, Beth-dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages:
42 Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan,
43 And Jiphtah, and Ashnah, and
Nezib, 44 And Keilah, and Achzib, and Ma- reshah ; nine cities with their villages: Ss Ekron, with her towns and her
eS 3 46 From Ekron even unto the sea, all that Jay near Ashdod, with their vil-
eS:
47 Ashdod with her towns and her villages, Gaza with her towns and her villages, unto the_river_of Egypt, and the Great «Sea, and the border thereof :
48 And in the i mountains, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh,
49 And Dannah, and “ Kirjath-sannah, which 7s ¢ Debir,
50 And Anab, and Eshtemoh, and
Anim, ;
51 And Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh ; eleven cities with their villages:
52 Arab, and Dumah, and Eshean,
53 And Janum, and Beth-tappuah, and Aphekah,
54 And Humtah, and Kirjath_arba, which is Hebron, and Zior; nine cities with their villages :
55 Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Jut-
tah, 56 And Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Za-
noah,
57 Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages :
58 Halhul, Beth-zur, and Gedor,
59 And Maarath, and Beth-anoth, and
_|Eltekon ; six cities with their villages:
60 Kirjath-baal, which is Kirjath- jearim, and Rabbah: two cities with their villages:
61 In the wilderness, Beth-arabah, Middin, and Secacah,
® And Nibshan, and the_City _of xSalt, and En-gedi; six cities with their villages. 63 As_for «the Jebusites +the_inhabit-
ants_of Jerusalem, the_schildren_of Judah could not drive_them_out : but the Jebusites dwell with the_s children_ of Judah at Jerusalem unto «this xday.
1 AND the lot of the_s children_of
Joseph «fell from Jordan by Jericho, unto the_water_of Jericho on_ the_east, to the wilderness that_goeth_ up from Jericho throughout mount Beth-él,
2 And +goeth_out from Beth-él to Luz, and -passeth_along unto the_ borders_of xArchi to Ataroth,
3 And -goeth_down westward to the_ > coast_of xJaphleti, unto the_? coast_of Béth-horon the nether, and to Gezer: and the_goings_out thereof -are at the_ sea.
4 So the_schildren_of Joseph, Ma- nasseh and Ephraim, took their inherit- ance,
5 And the_border_of the_s children_of Ephraim according_to their families was thus: even the_border_of their inheritance on the_east_side was Ata- roth-addar, unto Béth-horon the upper :
6 And the border -went_out toward the sea to xMichmethah on the_north_ side; and the border -went_about east- ward unto Taanath-shiloh, and »passed_ by it on the east to Janohah;
7 And it -went_down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and -came to Jericho, and -went_out at xJordan.
8 The border went_out from Tappuah westward unto the_river Kanah; and the_goings_out thereof -were at the sea. This is the_inheritance_of the_tribe_of the _schildren_of Ephraim by their families.
3’ And the separate xcities for the_ s children_of Ephraim were among the_ inheritance_of the_schildren_of Ma- nasseh, all the cities with their villages.
10 And they drave not out -the Ca- naanites xthat dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell among the Eph- raimites unto xthis xday, and serve under tribute.
1 THERE was also a@ =xlot for the_
tribe_of Manasseh; for he was the_firstborn_of Joseph; to wit, for Machir the_firstborn_of Manasseh, the_ father_of xGilead: because he was a iman_of war, therefore he had xGilead and xBashan.
2 There was also @ lot for the rest_of the_s children_of Manasseh by their families; for the_s children_of Abiezer, and for the_s children_of Helek, and for the_schildren_of Asriel, and for the_ schildren_of Shechem, and for the_ schildren_of Hepher, and for the_s chil- dren_of Shemida : these were the male children_of Manasseh the_son_of Jo- Beal by their families.
3 But Zelophehad, the_son_of Hepher, the_son_of Gilead, the_son_of Machir, the_son_of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters : and these ave the_names_of his daughters, Mahlah, and Noah, Hog- lah, Mileah, and Tirzah.
185
B.C. 144.
8. SONS.
Lot OF THE SONS OF | JOSEPH.
&. SONS.
w, went_-
forth.
5: border.
BORDER OF EPHRAIM.
SEPARATE CITIES OF EPHRAIM. 9. Ch. 17. S- 10.
Lot oF MANASSEH.
i. Heb. ish.
s. Sons.
DAUGHTERS OF ZELO- PHEHAD.
3,4. Num. 27. 1-1,
Bese:
JosHuA XVII. 4.
B.C. 1444.
J. Jehovah,
MANAS-
SEH’S EXTRA TEN PORTIONS.
BORDER OF MANASSEH. b. border.
d. lit. daughters.
THE CANAAN- ITES STILL IN THE LAND.
THE SONS OF JOSEPH APPLY FOR MORE LAND. 14. Gen. 48, 20-22, -
7, Rephaim, Gen. 14. 5; descend- ants of Rapha.
4 And they came_near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the_son_ of Nun, and before the princes, saying, “I The Lord commanded +Moses to give us an inheritance among our brethren.” Therefore according_to the_ commandment_of Jthe Lorp he gave them an inheritance among the_breth- ren_of their father. : :
5 And there fell ten portions to Ma- nasseh, beside the_land_of xGilead and xBashan, which were on the other_side xJordan ;
6 Because the_daughters_of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons: and the rest_of Manasseh’s sons had the_land_of xGilead.
7 And the_>coast_of Manasseh was from Asher to xMichmethah, that lieth before Shechem ; and the border -went_ along on the right_hand unto the_in- habitants_of En-tappuah.
8 Now Manasseh had the_land_of Tappuah : but Tappuah on the_border_ of Manasseh belonged to the_s children_ of Ephraim ;
® And the ?coast -descended unto the_river Kanah, southward of the river: xthese cities of Ephraim are among the_cities.of Manasseh: the + coast_of Manasseh also was on the_ north_side of the river, and the_out- goings_of it were at the sea:
10 Southward it was Ephraim’s, and northward it was Manasseh’s, and the sea is his border ; and they met_together in Asher on the north, and in Issachar on the east.
11 And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Beth-shean and her ¢ towns, and Ibleam and her ¢@ towns, and -the_ inhabitants_of Dor and her 4 towns, and the_inhabitants_of En-dor and her dtowns, and the_inhabitants_of Taa- nach and her 4 towns, and the_inhabit- ants_of Megiddo and her ¢@ towns, even three xcountries.
2 Yet the_schildren_of Manasseh could not drive_out the inhabitants of xthose Xcities; but the Canaanites would dwell in «that land.
13 Yet it came_to_pass, when the_ s children_of Israél were_waxen_strong, that they put -the Canaanites to tri- bute ; but did not utterly drive_them_ out.
14 And the_s children_of Joseph spake unto-Joshua, saying, “Why shast_thou_ given me but one lot and one portion to_inherit, seeing E am a great people, forasmuch as ! the Lorp -hath_blessed me hitherto?”
15 And Joshua answered them, “If thou be a great people, then -get thee up to the wood country, and -cut_down for thyself there in the_land_of the Perizzites and of the r giants, if mount Ephraim be too_narrow for thee.”
16 And the_s children_of Joseph said, “The hill tis not enough for us: and all the Canaanites land_of the valley have chariots_of iron, both they who are of Beth-shean and her towns, and they who are of the_ valley_of Jezreel.”
17 And Joshua spake unto the_house_ of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to Ma-
JosHua XVIII. 18 . B.C. 1444
nasseh, saying, “Thon art a great = ple, and hast great power: thou shalt not have one lot only:
18 But the mountain shall_be thine; for it is a wood, and thou »shalt_cut_ it_down : and the_outgoings_ofit »shall_ be thine: for thou shalt_drive_out «the Canaanites, though they_have iron chariots, and though thep be strong.”
AND the_whole congregation_of 18 the.schildren_of Israél assem- bled together at s’Shiloh, and set_up the_te tabernacle_of the congregation there. And the land was_subdued be- fore them.
2 And there remained among the_ s children_of Israél seven tribes, which
18, Deut, 21 1, Ps. 20.7.
SHILOH,
8, sons, sh. Shiloh, Tranquil-
had not yet received their inheritance. | *-
3 And Joshua said unto the_schildren_ of Israél, “How long @re pe slack to go to possess rthe ood =God_of your fathers -hath_given you?
4 -Give_out from_among_you_ three «men for each xtribe: and I will_send them, and they shall_rise, and “go_ through the land, and describe itaccord- ing to the_inheritance_of them; and they shall_come again to me,
5 And they -shall_divide it into seven
, which Jthe Lorp Ek
parts: Judah shall_abide in their coast |b.
on the south, and the_house_of Joseph shall abide in their bocoasts on the north.
6 He shall therefore describe «the land into seven parts, and -bring the descrip- tion hither to me, that I may_cast lots for you here before J the Lorp our=God.
7 But the Levites have no part among you ; for the_priesthood_of 4 the Lorp is their inheritance: and Gad, ben, and xhalf the_tribe_of xManasseh. shave_received their inheritance beyon xJordan on_the_east, which Moses the_ servant_of 4 the Lorp gave them.”
8 And the «men arose, and went_ away: and Joshuacharged -them x-that went to describe «the land, saying, “*Go and w-walk_through the land, and ‘describe it, and *come_again to me, that I may here cast lots for you before ‘the Lorp in Shiloh.”
®° And the «men went and passed_
and Reu-| God
through the land, and described it by} cities into seven parts in a book, and| Security. came again to Joshua to the ¢ host at lity
s Shiloh.
10 And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the Lorp: and there Joshua divided «the land unto the_ schildren_of Israél according_to their divisions. 5
ll And the_lot_of the_tribe_of the_ schildren_of Benjamin came_up accord-
ing_to their families: and the_? coast_|§-
of their lot came_forth between the_ s children_of Judah and the-_s children_ of Joseph,
2 And their xborder on_the_north side was from xJordan ; and the border *went_up to the_side_of Jericho on the north_side, and -went_up through the hmountains westward ; and the_goings_ out thereof -were at the_wilderness_of Beth-ayen,
13 And the border swent_over from thence toward Luz, to the_side_of Luz,
_Josava XVII. 14. BC. 1444. |which is Beth-él, southward; and the
onear the hill that lieth on the south_ side of the nether Beth-horon.
14 And the border -was_drawn thence, and -compassed the_corner_of the sea southward, from the hill that lieth be- fore Beth-horon southward ; and the_
baal, which is Kirjath-jearim, a city_of the_s children_of Judah: this was the_ west quarter.
15 And the_south quarter was from the_end_of Kirjath-jearim, and the bor- 4 der -went_out on_the_west, and -went_
out to the_well_of waters_of Nephtoah :
16 And the border -came_down to the_end_of the mountain that lieth be- fore the_valley_of the_son_of Hinnom, and which is in the_valley_of the giants on_the_north, and «descended to the_ yalley_of Hinnom, to the-side_of xJe- busi on_the_south, and -descended to En-rogeL
i And -was_drawn from the north, and -went_forth to En-shemesh, and -went_forth toward Geliloth, which is over_against the_going_up_of Adum- mim, and -descended to the_stone_of
. Bohan the_son_of Reuben,
18 And -passed_along toward the side over against «xArabah northward, and *went_down unto «xArabah:
19 And the border -passed_along to the_side_of Beth-hoglah northward: and the_outgoings_of the border -were at the north tbay_of the Salt Sea at the south end_of xJordan: this was the_ south 2 coast.
2 And xJordan was the_border_of it on the_east side. This was the_inherit- ance_of the_s children_of Benjamin, by the_t coasts thereof round_about, ac- cording_to their families.
21 Now the cities of the_tribe_of the_ schildren_of Benjamin according_to ean de ets ey and Beth-
oglah, and the_valley_of Keziz,
= And Beth-xarabah, and Zemaraim, and Beth-él,
3 And xAyim, and xParah, and Oph-
t. lit. tongue.
&, borders.
CITIES OF BENJAMIN.
And Chephar-haammonai, and xOphni, and xGaba; twelve cities with their villages:
25 Gibeon, and xRamah, and Beeroth, 26 And xMizpeh, and xChephirah, and xMozah, ae And Rekem, and Irpeel, and Ta-
2 28 And Zelah, xEleph, and xJebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and Kir- jath ; fourteen cities with their villages. This 7s the_inheritance_of the_schil- : dren_of Benjamin according_to their : families,
i 1 AND the second ~lot came_forth
to Simeon, even for the_tribe_
of the_schildren_of Simeon according_
to their families: and their inheritance
was within the_inheritance_of the_ schildren_of Judah.
2 And they had in their inheritance ban Beer-sheba, and Sheba, and Moladah, a 8 And Hazar-shual, and Balah, and
ms Azem,
border -descended to Ataroth-adar, | mah,
goings_out thereof -were at Kirjath- | lag
JosHuA XIX. 26.
4 And Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hor-} B.C. 1444
5 And Ziklag, and Beth-xmarcaboth, and Hazar-susah,
6 And Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities and their villages:
7 Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities and their vil-
eS: 8 And all the villages that were round_about xthese cities to Baalath- beer, Ramath of the south. This is the_ inheritance_of the_tribe_of the_s chil-|«. sons. dren_of Simeon according_to their families. F
% Out_of the_portion_of the_s chil- dren_of Judah was the_inheritance_of the_s children_of Simeon : for the_part_ of the_schildren_of Judah was too_ much for them: therefore the-s chil- dren_of Simeon had their inheritance within the_inheritance_of them.
10 And the third xlot came_up for the_s children_of Zebulun according_to their families: and the_border_of their inheritance was unto Sarid: =
2 And their border -went_up toward 11. Gen. 49. the sea, and Maralah, and -reached to} )- Dabbasheth, and -reached to the river that is before Jokneam ;
12 And -turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrising unto the_border_ of Chisloth-tabor, and_then -goeth_out to Daberath, and »goeth_up to Japhia,
133 And from thence »passeth_on_ along on_the_east to Gittah-hepher, to Ittah-Kazin, and -goeth_out to Rem- mon-methoar to xNeah ;
14 And the border -compasseth it on the north-side to Hannathon: and the_ outgoings thereof -are in the_valley_of Jiphthah-él :
% And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Beth-lehem : twelve cities with their villages.
16 This is the_inheritance_of the_ schildren_of Zebulun according_to their families, xthese xcities with their villages.
17 And the fourth lot came_out to} Fovrtu. Issachar, for the_s children_of Issachar| ISSACHAR. according_to their families. :
1s And their border was toward Jez- reel, and xChesulloth, and Shunem,
129 And Haphraim, and Shihon, and Anaharath, oe And xRabbith, and Kishion, and
Z, 21 And Remeth, and En-gannim, and En-haddah, and Beth-pazzez ;
= And the coast -reacheth to Tabor, and Shahazimah, and Beth-shemesh ; and the_outgoings_of their border -were at xJordan: sixteen cities with their villages.
3 This is the_inheritance_of the_ tribe_of the_schildren_of Issachar ac- cording_to their families, the cities and their villages.
24 And the fifth the_tribe_of the_s children_of Asher ac- cording_to their families.
> And their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph,
2s And Alammelech, and Amad, and
Misheal; and -reacheth to Carmel xwestward, and to Shihor-libnath ;
THIRD. ZEBULUN.
6. border,
187
JosHuA XIX. 27.
B.C. 1444,
6. border,
s.sons, or de- scendants,
SIXTH. NAPHTALI,
b. border,
SEVENTH. DAN.
j. Japho, or Jappa,
27 And -turneth toward the sunrising to Beth-dagon, and reacheth to Zebu- lun, and to the _valley_of Jiphthah-él toward_the_north-side_of Beth-xemek, and Neiel, and :goeth_out to Cabul on the left-hand,
28 And Hebron, and Rehob, and Ham- mon, and Kanah, even unto great Zidon ;
29 And then the coast sturneth to xRamah, and to the_strong city Tyre; and the 4 coast -turneth to Hosah ; and the_outgoings thereof are at the sea from the coast to Achzib:
30 Ummah also, and Aphek, and Re- hob: twenty and two cities with their villages.
81 This is the_inheritance_of the_ tribe_of the_s children_of Asher accord- ing_to their families, xthese xcities with their villages.
82 The sixth xlot came_out to the_ schildren_of Naphtali, even for the_ schildren_of Naphtali according_to their families,
83 And their 4 coast was from Heleph, from Allon to Zaanannim, and Adami, xNekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakum ; and the_outgoings thereof were at xJordan :
34 And then the > coast -turneth west- ward to Aznoth-tabor, and -goeth_out from thence to Hukkok, and -reacheth to Zebulun on the south side, and reacheth to Asher on the west-_side, and to Judah upon xJordan toward the sunrising.
35 And the_fenced cities a7e xZiddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth,
86 And Adamah, and xRamah, and Hazor,
37 And Kedesh, and Edrei, and En- hazor,
38 And Tron, and Migdal-el, Horem, and Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh : nineteen cities with their villages.
89 This 7s the_inheritance_of the_ tribe_of the_schildren_of Naphtali ac- cording_to their families, the cities and their villages.
40 And the seventh xlot came_out for the_tribe_of the_schildren_of Dan ac- cording_to their families.
41 And the_? coast_of their inheritance es Aer and Eshtaol, and Ir-she-
me ahaa Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah,
43 And Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron,
44 And Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath,
45 And Jehud, and Bene-berak, and Gath-rimmon,
46 And Me-xjarkon, and xRakkon, with the border before j Japho.
47 And the_b coast_of the_s children_ of Dan went out too little for them: therefore the_schildren_of Dan went_ up to fight against Leshem, and took it, and smote it with the_edge_of the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the_name_of Dan their father.
48 This 7s the_inheritance_ofthe_tribe_ of the_s children_of Dan according_to
their families, xthese xcities with their villages.
49 When they had_made_an_end of dividing «the land for inheritance by their 4 coasts, the_s children_of Israél gave an inheritance to Joshua the_son_ of Nun among them:
50 According_to the_m word_of ‘the
Lorp they gave him «the city which he of,
asked, even -Timnath-serah in h mount Ephraim, and he built «the city, and dwelt therein.
51 These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the_son_ of Nun, and the_heads-_of the fathers of the_tribes_of the_s children_of Israél, divided_for_an_inheritance by lot in Shiloh before 4 the Lorp, at the_edoor_ of the_te tabernacle_of the congregation, So they. made_an_end of dividing «the country.
‘THE WLorp also spake unto 20 Joshua, saying, 2 “Speak to aes schildren_of Israél,
saying, -Appoint_out for you «cities of “
xrefuge, whereof I spake unto you by the_hand_of Moses:
JosHua XXI. I
B.C. 1
JosHU ‘ In t
3 That the stslayer that_killeth any|*; that-
person unawares and unwittingly may_ flee thither: and they -shall_be your refuge from the_* avenger_of xblood.
4 And when he-_that_doth_flee unto|*
one of xthose xcities -shall_stand at the_ entering_of the_gate_of the city, and
-shall_declare his ~cause in the_ears_of| @onpti,
the_elders_of xthat xcity, they shall. take him into the city unto them, and ‘give him a place, that he -may_ dwell among them.
5 And if the_* avenger_of xblood 'pur-|5.
sue after him, then they shall not de- liver «the slayer up into his hand; because he smote his “neighbour un- wittingly, and hated him not before- time,
6 And he ¢shall_dwell in xthat. xcity, .
until he stand before the congregation for xjudgment, and until the_death_of the high xpriest that shall_be in xthose xdays: then shall the slayer return, and -come unto his_own city, and unto his_ own house, unto the city from whence he fled.”
7 And they s¢ appointed ke-Kedesh in xGalilee int mount Naphtali,andsh-She-
chem in }mount Ephraim, and -Kir-| 2?"
jath-arba, which zs he Hebron, in the_ hk mountain_of Judah. 8 And on the_other_side Jordan by
Jericho eastward, they assigned »-Bezer m8
in the wilderness upon the plain out_of the_tribe_of Reuben, and r-Ramoth in xGilead out_of the_tribe_of Gad, and
Joining. | b. Bezer, Defence.
g7Golan in xBashan out_of the_tribe_of| 7. Ramo
Manasseh,
° These were the_cities xappointed for | "Grea
all the_s children_of Israél, and for the stranger ~+that sojourneth among them, that whosoever smkilleth any s person at unawares might_flee thither, and not tdie by the_hand_of the_ k avenger_of xblood, until he stood be- fore the congregation.
21 THEN came_near the_heads_of the_fathers_of the Levites unto
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the_son_of Nun, and unto the_heads_of the_fathers_of the tribes of the_s chil- dren_of Israél ;
2 And they spake unto them at Shiloh in the_land_of Canaan, saying, “! The Lord commanded by the_hand_of Moses to give us cities to dwell_in, with the_ Psuburbs thereof for our cattle.”
% And the_schildren_of Israél gave unto the Levites out_of their inherit- ance, at the_™ commandment_of / the LorD, «these *cities and their «suburbs.
+ And the lot came_out for the_fami- lies_of the Kohathites: and the_s chil- dren_of Aaron the priest, which were of the Levites, had by lot out_of the_tribe_ of Judah, and out_of the_tribe_of_t xSi- meon, and out_of the_tribe_of Benjamin, thirteen cities.
5 And =the rest_of the_s children_of Kohath had by «lot out_of the_families_ of the_tribe_of Ephraim, and out_of the_tribe_of Dan, and out_of the_half tribe_of Manasseh, ten cities.
6 And the_schildren_of Gershon had by «lot out_of the_families_of the_tribe_ of Issachar, and out_of the_tribe_of Asher, and out_of the_tribe_of Naph- tali, and out_of the_half tribe_of Ma- nasseh in xBashan, thirteen cities.
7 The_schildren_of Merari by their families had out_of the_tribe_of Reu- ben, and out_of the_tribe_of Gad, and out_of the_tribe_of Zebulun, twelve cities.
8 And the_s children_of Israél gave by ~lot unto the Levites xthese with their p-suburbs, 2as !the Lorp commanded by the_hand_of Moses.
$’ And they gave out_of the_tribe_of the_s children_of Judah, and out_ofthe_ tribe_of the_s children_of Simeon, xthese xeities which tare here mentioned by
name,
10 Which the_schildren_of Aaron, being of the_families_of the Kohathites, who were of the_s children_of Levi, had : for theirs was the first «lot.
it And they gave them -the_city_of Arba the_father_of xAnak, which city is Hebron, in the_hill_country_of Judah, with -the_suburbs thereof round _ about it.
2 But -the_fields_of the city, and rthe_villages thereof, gave they to Ca- leb the_son_of Jephunneh for his pos- Session.
33 Thus they gave to the_s children_of Aaron the priest ~Hebron with her suburbs, to be a -city_of refuge_for the slayer; and ~-Libnah with her «suburbs,
i And -Jattir with her «suburbs, and -Eshtemoa with her «suburbs,
1+ And -Holon with her -suburbs, and -Debir with her -suburbs,
16 And -«Ain with her -suburbs, and -Juttah with her -suburbs, and -Beth-shemesh with her-suburbs ; nine cities out_of xthose two xtribes.
4 And out_of the_tribe_of Benjamin, -Gibeon with her -suburbs, -Geba with her -suburbs,
18 -Anathoth with her -suburbs ; and -Almon with her -suburbs ; four cities. 38 All the_cities_of the_schildren_of
Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs.
2 And the_families_of the_s children_ of Kohath, the Levites «which re mained of the_schildren_of Kohath, even they had the_cities_of their lot out_of the_tribe_of Ephraim.
21 For they gave them -Shechem with her «suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and -Gezer with her suburbs,
= And «Kibzaim with her -suburbs, and -Beth-horon with her -suburbs; four cities.
3 And out_of the_tribe_of Dan, -Elte- keh with her -suburbs, -Gibbethon with her «suburbs,
24 -Aijalon with her «suburbs, -Gath- rimmon with her suburbs ; four cities.
25 And out_of the_half tribe_of Ma- nasseh, -Tanach with her suburbs, and -Gath-rimmon with her «suburbs; two cities.
26 All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the_families_of the_s chil- dren_of Kohath that remained.
27 And unto the_schildren_of Gershon,
of the_families_of the Levites, out_of) the other half tribe_of Manasseh they)
gave «Golan in ~xBashan with her «suburbs, to be a the slayer; and -Beeshterah with her -suburbs ; two cities.
28 And out_of the_tribe_of Issachar, -Kishon with her -suburbs, «Dabareh with her «suburbs,
2 -Jarmuth with her «suburbs, -En- gannim with her «suburbs ; four cities.
8 And out_of the_tribe_of Asher, -Mishal with her suburbs, -Abdon with her -suburbs,
3l -Helkath with her -suburbs, and -Rehob with her -suburbs; four cities.
%2 And out_of the_tribe_of Naphtali, -Kedesh in «Galilee with her -suburbs, to be a «city_of_refuge for the slayer; and -Hammoth-dor with her -suburbs, and -Kartan with her «suburbs; three cities.
3 All the_cities_of the Gershonites ac- cording_to their families were thirteen cities with their suburbs.
% And unto the_families_of the_ schildren_of Merari, the rest_of the Levites, out_of the_tribe_of Zebulun, -Jokneam with her-suburbs and -Kar- tah with her -suburbs,
3% -Dimnah with her -suburbs, -Na- halal with her -suburbs; four cities.
36 And out_of the_tribe_of Reuben, -Bezer with her suburbs, and -Jahazah with her «suburbs,
37 -“Kedemoth with her «suburbs, and -Mephaath with her cities.
33 And out_of the_tribe_of Gad, -Ra- moth in xGilead with her -suburbs, to be a -city_of_refuge for the slayer; and -Mahanaim with her -suburbs,
39 -—Heshbon with her -suburbs, -Ja- zer with her «suburbs ; four cities in all.
# So all the cities for the_schildren_ of Merari by their families, «which were_remaining of the_families_of the Levites, were by their lot twelve cities.
41 All the_cities_of the Levites within the_possession_of the_:children_of Is-
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KonATH- | Tres. |
| 20-25. 1 CHR. | 6. 65-70.
s. sons or de- scendants.
JosHuA XXT. 41.
JosHuA XXI. 42. B.C, 1444.
PROMISES
FULFILLED. 43. Gen. 15. 15; 15, 18;
26.3; 23. 4, 18.
J. Jehovah. i. ish.
45. Josh, 23. 14. Rom. 15. 4.
1Thes. 5. 24.
THE Two TRIBES AND
A HALF PERMITTED
TO RETURN.
2. Num, 32,
20-22. Deut.
3. 18-20. J. Jehovah.
J.G. Jehovah
our Elo-
im, your Triune God.
ac. accord- ing-as.
JOSHUA
DISMISSES THEM.
7. Ch, 17. 5.
| m. mouth_of
| Jehovah.
raél were forty and eight cities with their suburbs.
#2 xThese xcities were every one with their suburbs round_about them: thus were all xthese xcities,
43 And !the Lorp gave unto Israél eall the land which He sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.
44 And Jthe Lorp gaye_them_rest round_about, according_to all that He sware unto their fathers: and there stood not a ‘man of all their enemies before them; ’the Lorp delivered their enemies into their hand.
45 There failed not ought of any xgood xthing which ’the Lorp had_ spoken unto the_house_of Israél; xall came_to_pass.
THEN Joshua called the Reu- 29 benites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh,
2 And said unto them, “He shave_ kept call that Moses the_servant_of ‘the Lord commanded pou, and have_ obeyed my voice in all that I com- manded pou:
8 Ye shave not left your ~brethren these many days unto xthis xday, but shave _kept the_charge_of the _com- mandment_of 4 the Lorp your =God.
4 And now ‘the Lorp your =God ‘hath_given_rest unto your brethren, acas He promised them: therefore now ‘return ye, and -get you unto your tents, and unto the_land_of your pos- session, which Moses the_servant_of ‘the Lorp gave you on the_other-_side xJordan.
5 But «take diligent_heed to do «the commandment and the law, which Moses the_servant_of’the Lorp charged pou, to love ’«the Lorp your =God, and to walk in all His ways, and to keep His commandments, and to cleave unto
Him, and to serve Him with all your} Lor
heart and with all your soul.”
6 So Joshua blessed them, and sent_ them_away: and they went unto their tents.
7 Now to the_one_half of the_tribe_of xManasseh Moses had_given possession in xBashan: but unto the other half thereof gave Joshua among their brethren on this side Jordan west- ward.
And when Joshua sent_them_away also unto their tents, then he blessed them,
8 And he spake unto them, saying,
-|“-Return with much riches unto your
tents, and with very much cattle, with Silver, and with gold, and with brass, and with iron, and with very much raiment: -divide the_spoil_of your enemies with your brethren.”
° And the_schildren_of Reuben and the_schildren_of Gad and_ the_half tribe_of xManasseh returned, and de- parted from +the_schildren_of Israél out_of Shiloh, which is in the_land_of Canaan, to go unto the_country_of xGilead, to the_land_of their possession, whereof they were_possessed, according_ to the-mword-of ‘the Lorp by the_ hand_of Moses.
10 And when they came unto the_| B.C. 144 “borders_of xJordan, that ave in the_|neypun land_of Canaan, the_schildren_of Reu-| an Aur, ben and the_s children_of Gad and the_| a, districts, half tribe_of xManasseh built there an |/, loo! altar by xJordan, a taltar to /see_to.
11 And the_s children_of Israél heard ~ say, “Behold, the_schildren_of Reuben} THE Soxs and the_schildren_of Gad and the_half} “pyar tribe_of xManasseh shave_built a|s, sons, xaltar over against the_land_of Canaan, : in the_¢borders_of xJordan, at the_ as ote ‘ passage_of the_s children_of Israél.” 5. SONS.
22 And when the_s children_of Israél|12. Comp, _ heard of it, the whole sousrenation.of Judg. 20. the_s children_of Israél gathered_them- selves_together at Shiloh, to go_up to xwar against them.
18 And the_schildren_of Israél sent unto the_s children_of Reuben, and to the_schildren_of Gad, and to the_half tribe_of Manasseh, into the_land_of xGilead, -Phinehas the_son_of Eleazar the priest, 1
14 And with him ten princes, of each chief house a prince throughout all| 4 the_tribes_of Israél; and each_one was a head_of the_house_of their fathers among the_thousands_of Israél.
15 And they came unto the_s children_ of Reuben, and to the_schildren_of Gad, and to the_half tribe_of Manasseh, unto the_land_of Gilead, and they spake with them, saying,
16 “Thus -saith the_whole congre- gation_of ’the Lorp, What xtrespass ws xthis that ye shave_committed against the_=God_of Israél, to turn_ away this day from following Jthe Lorp, in that ye have_builded you an altar, that_ye_might_rebel t' day against J the Lorp?
17 Is the_iniquity_of Peor too little|17. for us, from which we until xthis xday, although there was a xplague in the_congregation_of / the
J. Jeho
D,
18 But that pe ‘must_turn_away this day from following Jthe Lorp?} 71:1): and it ewill_be, seeing pe Hrebel to-day against J the Lorn, that to-morrow He will_be_wroth with the_whole congre- gation_of Israél.
19 Notwithstanding, if the_land_of your possession be unclean, then *pass_ ye_over unto the_land_of the_posses- sion_of / the Lorp, wherein !the Lorp’s tabernacle -dwelleth, and -take_posses- sion among us: but 'rebel not against Jthe Lorp, nor trebel against ns, in building you an altar beside the_altar_ of ' the Lorp our =God.
20 Did not Achan the_son_of Zerah commit a trespass in the de accursed_ thing, and wrath fell on all the_con- gregation_of Israél? and that *man perished not alone in his iniquity.”
21 Then the_schildren_of Reuben and the_schildren_of Gad and the_ half tribe_of xManasseh answered, and said unto~the_heads_of the_thousands_ of Israél
2 “I The Lory ¢-God_of gods, J the|3-e. Lorp ¢~God_of gods, He +knoweth,} him Je and Israél he shall know; if it be in| vah, Bl rebellion, or if in transgression against | ®lehi J the Lor», (tsaye us not xthis xday,)
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29, Deut. 12. 14. JF. Far_be-it from us. g. gift_offer- ings.
| JosHuA XXII. 23.
2% That we haye_built us an altar to
.|turn from following ‘the Lorp, or if
to offer thereon «burnt _offering or ymeat_offering, or if to poffer peace_ offerings thereon, let J the Lory Him- self require it ;
24 And if we shave not rather done it for fear_of this -thing, saying, ‘In_ time_to_come your schildren might_ speak unto our schildren, saying, “What have_ye_to_do with J the Lorp =God_of Israél ?
2 For! the Lorp shath_made xJordan a border between us and you, ye schildren_of Reuben and s children_of Gad ; ye have no part in‘ the Lorp:’ so shall your schildren make our sechildren cease from fearing J-the Lorp.
26 Therefore we said, ‘Let us now prepare to build us an « burnt_offering, nor for sacrifice :
27 But that it may be a witness, be-
38./tween us, and ,» you, and ,bour gene- *|rations after us, that we might_do«the_
service_of !the Lorp before Him with our asburnt_offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace_offerings ; that your schildren may not say to our schildren in_time_to_come, ‘Ye have no part in / the Lorp.’
28 Therefore said we, that it -shall_be, when they should_so_say to us or to our generations in_time_to_come, that we ‘May_say again, ‘Behold the_pat- tern_of the_altar_of Jthe Lorp, which our fathers made, not for «sburnt_ offerings, nor for sacrifices ; but it isa witness between us and »2 you.’
29 #God_forbid that we should_rebel against )the Lorp, and turn this day from following J the Lorp, to build an altar for as burnt_offerings, for ymeat_ offerings, or for sacrifices, beside the_ altar_of ‘the Lorp our =God that is before His tabernacle.”
80 And when Phinehas the priest, and the_princes_of the congregation and heads_of the_thousands_of Israél which
. |were With him, heard «the words that
the_s children_of Reuben and the_schil- dren_of Gad and the_s children_of Ma- nasseh spake, it pleased them._
81 And Phinehas the_son_of Eleazar the priest said unto the_s children_of Reuben, and to the_schildren_of Gad, and to the_schildren_of Manasseh, “This day we -perceive that J the Lorp 7s among us, because ye shave not committed this trespass against J the Lord: now ye shaye_delivered =-the_ schildren_of Israél out_of the_hand_of ‘the Lor.” ;
82 And Phinehas the_son_of Eleazar the priest, and the princes, returned from from -the_schildren_of Gad, out_of the_land_of xGilead, unto the_land_of Canaan, to the-schildren_of Israél, and brought them word again.
33 And the thing ~ pleased the_schil- dren_of Israél; and the_schildren_of Israél blessed =God, and did not intend to go_up against them in xbattle, to destroy «the land wherein the_s chil- dren_of Reuben and Gad -dwelt.
%4 And the_schildren_of Reuben and
JosHUA XXIII. 14.
the_s children_of Gad called the altar e Hd: for it shall be a witness between
us that ! the Lorp is x=God. = AND it came_to_pass a long = time after that the Lorp had_ given_rest unto Israél from all their enemies round_about, that Joshua waxed old and ¢ stricken in age.
2 And Joshua called for all Israél, and for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said unto them, “= am_old and stricken in age :
3 And pe shave_seen all that J the Lorp your =God -hath_done unto all xthese xnations because of you; for ‘the Lorp your =God is He «that hath_ fought for you.
* Behold, I -have_divided unto you by lot xthese *nations xthat remain, to be aninheritance for your tribes, from xJor- dan, with all the nations that I -have_ cut_off, even unto the Great xSea @ westward.
® And ! the Lorp your =God, He shall_ expel them from before you, and «drive them from out_of your sight; and ye *shall_possess their «land, «cas J the Lorp your =God -hath_promised unto you.
6 -Be_ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do all «that is_written in the_book_of the_law_of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right_hand or fo the left ;
7 That ye come not among xthese xnations, xthese x:that remain among you; neither 'make_mention_of the_ name-of their gods, nor cause_to_swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow. yourselves unto them:
8 But ‘cleave unto Jthe LorD your =God, acas ye -have_done unto xthis xday.
’ For ‘the Lorp hath_driven_out from before you great nations and strong: but as for pou, no iman shath_ been_able_to_stand before you unto xthis xday.
10 One ‘man of you shall_chase a thousand: for ‘the Lorp your =God, Be it ts xathat fighteth for you, ccas He shath_promised you.
ll -Take good heed therefore unto yyourselyes, that ye love ’-the Lorp your =God.
12 Else if ye do in_any_wise go_back, and -cleave unto the_remnant_of xthese xnations, even xthese x+that remain among you, and sshall_make_marriages with them, and -go_in unto them, and thep to you:
13° Know for_a_certainty that ‘the
Lorp your =God will no more drive_| 37
out any of xthese *nations from before you; but they -shall_be -snares and -traps unto you, and -scourges in your sides, and thorns in ,your eyes, until ye perish from off xthis xgood xland which ‘the Lorp your =God shath_given you. 14 And, behold, this day E am going the_way_of all the earth: and ye -know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing shath_failed of the good xthings which ! the Lorp your
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B.C. 1444.
e. Ed, i.e. Witness, see ch. 24. 27.
JOSHUA'S
ADDRESS
about 1427. J. Jehovah.
c. lit. come into days.
J.G. Jehovah our Elo- him, your Triune God.
a. at the- ‘oing— own_of
the sun.
5. Num. 33.
53.
ac. accord- ing-as Je- hovah your
im. 6. Ch. 1. 6-9.
7. Ex. 23. 32, 33. See Num. 32.38,
ac. accord- ing-as,
9. Deut. 11. 23.
i. Heb. ish.
10. Ley. 26. 8. Deut. 3. 22,
11. Ch. 22.5. | y. your souls,
12. Ex. 3. 14-16.
14, Ch. 21. 45.
JosHuA XXIII. 15.
B.C. about 1427. 15. Deut. 28. 58-68
ac. accord- ing-as.
8. or Sychar, between
=God, the Elohim, the Triune God.
2. Gen. 11.
J.G. Jehovah
lohim. r. river.
3. Gen. 12. 1. Acts 7, 2, 3.
4. Gen. 32.3; 36. 8, 9. Deut. 2. 4-6.
&. sons,
5. Ex. 3. 10,
6. Ex. 12. 51.
7. Ex, xiv. Num. 14.33, o4.
ab. between.
8. Num. 21. 21-35.
9. Num. xxii.
10. Deut. 23. 5. g. or greatly.
| m. masters, Heb.
=God spake concerning you; xall -are_ come_to_pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof.
1s Therefore it *shall_come_to_pass, that «cas all xgood xthings -are_come upon you, which /the Lorp your =God promised you; so shall J the Lorp bring upon you sall xevil xthings, until He have_destroyed pou from off xthis xgood xland which ‘fhe Lorp your =God shath_given you.
16 When ye shave_transgressed -the_ covenant_of Jthe Lorp your =God, which He commanded pou, and -have_ gone and -sserved other gods, and -bowed_yourselves to them; then «shall the_anger_of ‘ithe Lorp _ be_kindled against you,and ye-shall_perish quickly from off the good xland which He -hath_ given unto you.”
2 4. AND Joshua gathered call the_ tribes_of Israél to sShechem, and called for the_elders_of Israél, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they pre- sented_themselves before x=God.
2 And Joshua said unto all the peo- ple, “Thus -saith ‘the Lorp =God_of Israél, Your fathers dwelt on the_other_ side_of the flood in old_time, even Terah, the_father_of Abraham, and the_father_of Nachor: and they served other gods.
3 And I took your -father -Abraham from the_other_side_of the + flood, and led him throughout all the_land_of Ca- naan, and multiplied his -seed,and gave him -Tsaac.
4 And I gave unto Isaac -Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau -mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his schildren went_down into Egypt.
5 I sent -Moses also and «Aaron, and I plagued -Egypt, according_to that_ which I did among them: and after- ward I brought pou out.
6 And I brought your -fathers out_of Egypt: and ye came unto the sea; and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and horsemen unto the_ Red Sea.
7 And when they cried unto ‘the Lorp, He put darkness between you and ,) the Egyptians, and brought «the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have_seen -what I shave_ done in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wilderness a long season.
8 And I brought pow into the_land_of the Amorites, x:which dwelt on the_ other_side xJordan; and they fought with pow: and I gave them into your hand, that ye might_possess their -land ; and I destroyed them from before you.
% Then Balak the_son_of Zippor, king_of Moab, arose and warred against Israél, and sent and called Balaam the_son_of Beor to curse pou: ©
10 But I would not hearken unto Balaam ; therefore he blessed pou still: so I delivered pou out_of his hand.
11 And ye went_over *Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the_” men_of Jericho fought against you, the Amor- ites, and the Perizzites, and the Ca-
JosHuA XXIV.
naanites, and the Hittites, and the| B.C,
Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebu-
pea i. and I delivered them into your ani
12 And I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from before you, even the_two kings_of the Amorites; pen not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.
13 And I have_given you a land for/13. which ye did not labour, and cities| © which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not +do pe eat.
1tN % curse = Je = nen = en ‘serve Him sincerity and in truth: and -put_away the gods which your|% 2°20”! fathers served on the_other_side_of the rflood, and in Egypt; and -serve ye J «the Lorn.
15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve /-the Lorn, choose you this day whom ye will_serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the_other_side_of the rflood, or rthe_gods_of the Amorites, in whose land pe dwell: but as for me and my house, we will_serve 4 the Lorp.”
16 And the -people answered and said, “¥ God_forbid that_we_should_forsake J «the Lor, to serve other gods ; if
17 For J the Lorp our =God, He it is that brought us up and our -fathers out_of the_land_of Egypt, from the_ house_of 4=bondage, and Which did xthose xgreat signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among all the =people through whom we passed:
18 And J the Lorp draye_out from be- fore us rall the =people, even the Amor-} him, ites swhich_dwelt in the land: there- Fore will we also serve /*the Lorn ; for He is our =God.” ; +t
19 And Joshua said unto the people, “Ye cannot serve /«the Lorn: for He is a h=holy =God; He is a j jealous e-God; He will not » forgive your trans-| =God, gressions nor your sins. is
* If ye ‘forsake J-the Lorp, and|"~Goq, x, “serve strange gods, then He -will_turn and «do you hurt, and -consume pon, after that He -hath_done you good.”
21 And the people said unto Joshua, “Nay ; but we will_serve ’«the Lorp.”
2 ‘And Joshua said unto the a 2A. 8. “De are witnesses against yourselves THE — that pe -have_chosen you! the Lor», to COVENANT serve Him.” And they said, “ We are}. Gen.s witnesses.” J.G. Jeho
23 “ Now therefore -put_away, said he,| Elohim the strange «gods which are among
r, river.
the Trius you, and «incline your rheart unto‘ the} Jeraci, Lorp =God_of Israél.” c. cut, or 24 And the people said unto Joshua,| confirm “JeThe Lorp our =God will_we_serve,| °-° and His voice will_we_obey.” Jer. 25 So Joshua ¢ made a covenant with) 19. the people xthat xday, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem. 26 And Joshua wrote xthese xwords in| THES the_book_of the_law_of =God, and took rm a great stone, and set_it_up there under |o. an xoak, that was by the_sanctuary_of|'916. 1 the Lorn. 27 And Joshua said unto all the peo-|27. Gen. 31 ple, “Behold, xthis xstone shall_be a| 449.
192
BBC. about
427.
28. Judg. 2.6. i, Heb. ish.
DEATH OF JOSHUA. about 1426.
29, Judg. 2. 6-9. / 80. Ch. 19, 50.
h, hill_
JosHUA XXIV. 28.
Jupass I. 22.
witness unto us; for tt hath_heard
the_words_of /the Lorp which He spake unto us: it -shall_be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye tdeny your =God.”
28 So Joshua let -the people depart, ‘every_man unto his inheritance.
22 And it came_to_pass after xthese xthings, that Joshua the_son_of Nun,
a hundred and ten years old.
30 And they buried him in the_border_ of his inheritance in Timnath-serah, which 7s in mount Ephraim, on the_
| country-of.
‘B.C. about | 1425.
) WAR WITH | THE CA-
8. Josh. 15. 63. . Sons. B.C, about 1427. |. THE Ca- | NAANITES.
north_side_of the_hill_of Gaash, 81 And Israél served J the_days_of Joshua, and all the_days_of
THE BOOK
the_servant_of Jthe Lorp, died, being |
which had_known «all the_works_of BL Lorp, that He had_done for Is- raél.
82 And -the_bones_of Joseph, which the_children_of Israél brought_up out_ of Egypt, buried ne parcel_of xground which Jacob bought of -the_sons_of Hamor the_father_of Shechem for a hundred pieces_of_silver : and it became the_inheritance_of the_ s children_of Joseph.
33 And Eleazar the_son_of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hill that pertained to Phinehas his son, which was_given him in # mount Ephraim.
OFr
JUDGES.
New after the_death_of Joshua it
came_to_pass, that the_s children_ of Israél asked ! the Lor, saying, “Who shall_go_up for us against the Canaan- ites xfirst, to fight against them?”
2 And 4 the Lorp said, “Judah shall_ go_up: behold, I shave_delivered land into his hand.” .
8 And Judah said unto Simeon his brother, “-Come_up with me into my lot, that we 'may_fight against the Ca- naanites; and £ likewise -will_go with thee into thy lot.” So Simeon went with him.
4 And Judah went_up; and J the Lorp delivered «the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they slew_of them in Bezek ten thousand ‘men, ;
5 And they found «-Adoni-bezek in
-|Bezek: and they fought against him,
and they slew -the Canaanites and =the Perizzites.
6 But Adoni-bezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut_off his -thumbs and his great_
oes, 7 And Adoni-bezek said, “ Threescore
-|and ten kings, having their thumbs and
their great_toes cut_off, 7 gathered their meat under my table: acas I have_ done, so =God -hath_requited me.” And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.
8 Now the_schildren_of Judah had_ fought against Jerusalem, and had_ taken i, and smitten it with the_edge_ es the sword, and set
e.
9 And afterward the_s children_of Ju- dah went_down to fight against the Canaanites, -that_dwelt in the / moun- tain, and in the south, and in the valley.
10 And Judah went against the Ca- naanites x:that dwelt in Hebron : (now the_name_of Hebron before was * Kir- jath-arba:) and they slew -Sheshai,
a. ea and ~Ahiman, and -Talmai.
tl And from thence he went against the_inhabitants_of ¢Debir: and the_
name_of @ Debir before was ki Kirjath- sepher:
12 And Caleb said, “He_that tsmiteth -Kirjath-sepher, and -taketh it, to him BEE A a-Achsah my daughter to wife.”
13 And ¢ Othniél the_son_of Kenaz, Caleb’s xyounger brother, took it : and ES him «Achsah his daughter to wife.
14 And it came_to_pass, when she came to him, that she moved him to ask of her «father a ~field: and she lighted from off her xass; and Caleb said unto her, “ What wilt thou?”
15 And she said unto him, “+Give me a blessing : for thou shast_given me a xsouth land; «give me also springs_of =water.” And Caleb gave her upper springs and «the nether springs.
16 And the_schildren_of the Kenite, Moses’ father_in_law, went_up out_of the_city_of xpalm trees with the_s chil- dren_of Judah into the_wilderness_of Judah, which Uieth in the_south_of Arad ; and they went and dwelt -among the people.
17 And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they slew -the Canaanites thatinhabited Zephath, and utterly_ destroyed it. And «the_name_of the city was_called h Hormah.
18 Also Judah took -Gaza with -the_ » coast thereof, and ~Askelon with -the_ b coast thereof, and ~Ekron with -the_ + coast thereof.
19 And Jthe Lorp was with Judah; and he drave_out the inhabitants of -the himountain ; but could not drive_ out -the_inhabitants_of the valley, be- cause they had chariots_of iron.
20 And they gave-Hebron unto Caleb, acas Moses said : and he expelled thence -the_three sons_of xAnak.
in Shechem, in a|*
21 And the_schildren_of Benjamin did not drive_out «the Jebusites sthat_ inhabited Jerusalem ; but the Jebusites dwell with the_schildren_of Benjamin in Jerusalem unto xthis xday. }
2 And the_house_of Joseph, thep also
B.C. about 1426.
JOSEPH’S INES.
Ss, Sons. ELEAZAR DIEs. about 1420. 33, Ex. 6. 25. Judg. 20, 23.
B.C. about 1444.
o. Othniel, Lion_of God.
15. John 4. 10. Rey. 7. 17; 22. 17.
THE KENITES. about 1425.
1S Deut. 34.
§. SONS.
THE Ca- NAANITES.
h. Hormah, Utter_de- struction.
6. border,
J. Jehovah.
hi. hill country.
20. Josh. 14. 9.
ac. accord- ing-as,
THE BEN-
Jupess I. 23.
B.C. about 1425,
MANASSEH.
d. lit. daughters.
EPHRAIM.
ZEBULUN.
ASHER.
NAPHTALI.
DAN.
b. border. 8. or xSela, or Petra.
BocHIM. AN ANGEL REPKOVES
.|said, “I tmade
went_up against %e Beth-él: and J the Lorp was with them.
23 And the_house_of Joseph sent to descry Beth-él. (Now the_name-of the city before was ! Luz.)
2% And the spies saw a ‘man come_ forth out_of the city, and they said unto him,.“*Shew us, we_pray_thee, -the_entrance_into the city, and we *will_shew thee mercy.”
25 And when he shewed them +the_ entrance_into the city, they smote ~the city with the_edge_of the sword; but they let_go «the ‘man and ~ family.
26 And the ‘man went into the_land_ of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the_name thereof Luz: which 7s the_name thereof unto «this xday.
27 Neither did Manasseh drive_out the inhabitants of Beth-shean and her d-towns, nor*Taanach and her ¢ -towns, nor -the_inhabitants_of Dor and her “towns, nor -the_inhabitants_of Ibleam and her «towns, nor ~the_inhabitants_of Megiddo and her «towns: but the Ca- naanites would dwell in xthat xland.
28 And it came_to_pass, when Israél was strong, that they put naanites to tribute, and did not utterly drive_them_out.
29 Neither did Ephraim drive_out -the Canaanites x-that dwelt in Gezer ; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.
30 Neither did Zebulun drive_out -the_inhabitants_of Kitron, nor -the_ inhabitants_of Nahalol; but the Ca- naanites dwelt among them, and be- came tributaries.
31 Neither did Asher driye_out -the_ inhabitants_of Accho, nor -the_inhabit- ants_of Zidon, nor of «Ahlab, nor of ~Achzib, nor of -Helbah, nor of ~Aphik, nor of -Rehob:
32 But the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the _inhabitants_of the jands for they did not drive_them_ out.
33 Neither did Naphtali drive_out -the_inhabitants_of Beth-shemesh, nor -the_inhabitants_of Beth-anath ; but he dwelt among the Canaanites, the_inha- bitants_of the land: nevertheless the_ inhabitants_of Beth-shemesh and of Beth-anath became tributaries unto them.
34 And the Amorites forced -the_ schildren_of Dan into the mountain: for they would not suffer them to come_ down to the valley :
3> But the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres in Aijalon, and in Shaal- bim: yet the_hand_of the_house_of Joseph prevailed, so that they became tributaries.
_ 36 And the_?coast_of the Amorites was from the_going_up_to Akrabbim, from the s rock, and upward.
2
AND an angel_of ‘the Lorp came-_
up from ¢ xGilgal to » xBochim, and pou to_go_up out_of Egypt, and have_brought pou unto the land which I sware unto your fathers ;
, and I said, I will never break My cove-
| Weepers. |nant with you. up judges, then 4 the Lorp «was with the
194
Jupexs II. 1 2 And pe shall_cmake no c league B.C, abou with the_inhabitants_of xthis xland; ye| 1425.
shall_throw_down their altars: but ye|2. Deut. 7.2 shave not obeyed My voice: why shaye_|«: cub oe ye_done this? oon
3 Wherefore I also said, I will not|~“”
drive them out from before you ; but THE PEO! WEEP. :
and their gods shall_be a snare unto you.”
4 And it came_to_pass, when the_ angel_of / the Lorp spake xthese xwords unto all the_schildren_of Israél, that the people lifted_up their -voice, and
wept. 5 And they called the_name_of that xplace »Bochim: and they sacrificed |}. Bochim, there unto / the Lorp. Weepers._ 6 And when Joshua had_let «the|THe Pgopt people go, the_s children_of Israél went | DISMISSEI ‘every_man unto his inheritance to|®,Josh. 24 possess -the land. fish: a 7 And the people served ! the Lorp|J. Jehovah all the_days_of Joshua, and all the_ days_of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had_seen sall the great works_of J the Lorn, that He did for Israél. 8 And Joshua the_son_of Nun, the_
they -shall_be as thorns in your sides, §. SONS.
servant_of ‘the Lorp, died, being a| _ 1426. — hundred and ten years old. soe 9 And they buried him in the_border_|, 5.1049 of his inheritance in Timnath-heres, in ¥ the_h mount_of Ephraim, on the north_|*. hill side of the hill Gaash. counted
10 And also, all xthat xgeneration| AND ALL were_gathered unto their fathers: and| ,7US% there arose another generation after] ~ysyoy. them, which knew not ! «the LorD, nor|;. Jehovah yet «the works which He had_done for Israél.
tl And the_schildren_of Israél did Xevil in the_sight_of Jthe Lorp, and served ) xBaalim :
12 And they forsook 1 rthe LorD =God_}) po tim, of their fathers, x+which brought them Lords, or out_oef the_land_of Egypt, and followed ;
4
{sna FORSAKE JEHOY. about 1
Masters. other gods, of the_gods_of the =people |J.G. Jehovs that were round_about them, and|,"obim bowed_themselves unto them, and pro-| or Master voked J the Lorp to_anger. represent
13 And they forsook J«the Lor, and) #7 te served » xBaal and @ xAshtaroth.,
14 And the_anger_of ! the Lorp was_ hot against Israel, and He delivered them into the_hands_of spoilers that spoiled them, and He sold them into| ANGER. the_hands_of their enemies round _|* Jehan about, so that they could not any_longer J stand before their enemies. 7
15 Whithersoever they went_out, the_ hand_of the Lord was_against them for evil, «cas J the Lorp had_said, and acas 'the Lord had_sworn unto them: and they were greatly distressed.
16 Nevertheless Jthe Lorp raised_up judges, which delivered them out_of the_hand_of those_that_spoiled them.
17 And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went_a_ whoring after other gods, and bowed_ themselves unto them: they turned quickly out_of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the_com- mandments-_of J the Lorn; but they did not so.
18 And when / the Lorp raised them
JEHOVAH
16.Acts 13.4
i
; f 4
;
NATIONS LEFT. |
n. nation, Heb. goy.
ae. accord- ing-as.
23. Ps. 106, 34-42,
THE NATIONS | THAT WERE f | Lert. | J. Jehovah.
q 8. SONS.
_5, Ps. 106. 34- 38. 1
‘6. Deut.7.1-4.
| JUDGMENT. \7. Ex. 34, 13.
'c. i.e. Ethio- | pian-of louble wickedness.
a, Heo,
| Jupexs II. 19. B.C. about |judge, and -delivered them out_of the_
hand_of their enemies all the_days_of the judge: for it repented 7 the Lorp because_of their groanings by reason_ of them _that_oppressed them and svexed them.
19 And it scame_to_pass, when the judge was_dead, that they returned, and -corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow_down unto them ; they ceased not from their_own doings, nor from their xstubborn way.
20 And the_anger_of ’the Lorp was_ hot against Israél; and He said, “Be- cause that xthis »xpeople -hath_trans- gressed My manded their hearkened unto My voice:
21 £ also will not henceforth drive_ out any from before them of the nations which Joshua left when he died :
22 That through them I may_prove -Israél, whether thep +will_keep »the_ way-of ! the Lorp to walk therein, «cas their fathers did_keep 7f, or not.”
2 Therefore 3the Lorp left xthose knations, without driving _ them _ out hastily ; neither delivered He them into the_hand_of Joshua,
NOW these ave the nations which
Jthe Lorp left, to prove ~Israél by
them, even eas_many of Israél as had not known rall the_wars_of Canaan ;
2 Only that the_generations_of the_ schildren_of Israél might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof;
3 Namely, five lords_of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Si- donians, and the Hivites +that_dwelt in
-{mount xLebanon, from mount Baal-
hermon unto the_p entering_in_of Ha- math.
4 And they were to prove «Israél by them, to know whether they would_ hearken_unto -the_commandments_of ‘the Lorn, which He commanded their fathers by the_hand_of Moses.
5 And the_schildren_of Israél dwelt among the Canaanites, xHittites, and xAmorites, and xPerizzites, and xHivites, and xJebusites :
6 And they took their -daughters to be their wives, and gave their ~daughters to their sons, and served their -gods.
7 And the_schildren_of Israél did xevil in the_sight_of 7the Lorp, and forgat ‘ served *Baalim and -the «groves.
8 Therefore the_anger_of Jthe Lorp was_hot against Israél, and He sold them into the_hand_of ¢ Chushan-rish- athaim king of «Mesopotamia: and the_schildren_of Israél served -Chu- shan-rishathaim eight years.
® And when the_schildren_of Israél cried unto ! the Lorn, ! the Lorp raised_ up a sadeliverer to the_s children_of Israél, who sadelivered them, even o-Othniel the_son_of Kenaz, Caleb’s xyounger brother.
10 And the_Spirit_of J the Lorp came
‘upon him, and he judged -Israél, and “|went_out to xwar: and J the Lorp_de-
livered -Chushan-rishathaim king_of
Jup@ss III. or. |
a Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed against Chushan-rish- athaim.
ll And the land had_rest forty years. And Othniél the_son_of Kenaz died.
12 And the_schildren_of Israél did xevil again in the_sight_of J the Lorp: and /the Lorp strengthened e-EKglon the_king_of Moab against Israél, be- cause they had_done *eyvil in the_sight_ of ! the Lorp.
13 And he gathered unto him -the_ s children_of Ammon and Amalek, and went and smote ~Israél, and possessed -the_city_of xpalm trees.
“14 So the_schildren_of Israél seryed -Eglon the_king_of Moab eighteen years.
45 But when the_s children_of Israél cried unto J the Lor», ! the Lory raised_ them_up a s« deliverer, ¢-Ehud the_ son_of Gera, a xBenjamite, a ‘man shlefthanded: and by him the_s chil- dren_of Israél sent a present unto Eglon the_king_of Moab.
16 But Ehud made him a dagger which had two edges, of a cubit length; and he did_gird it under his raiment upon his right thigh.
7 And he brought «the 7 present unto Eglon king_of Moab: and Eglon was a very fat ‘man.
18 And when he had made_an_end to » offer people 4that_bare the 9 present.
19 But he_himself turned again from the ¢grquarries that were -by xGilgal, and said, “I have a secret w errand unto thee, O_king:” who said, “Keep-_si- lence.” And all x:that stood_by him went_out from him.
20 And Ehud came unto him; and he 4was-_sitting in ta xsummer xparlour, which he had for himself alone. And Ehud said, “I have a wmessage_from =God unto thee.” -And he arose / out_ of his th xgeat.
21 And Ehud put-_forth his left “hand, and took -the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly :
2 And the haft also went_in after the blade; and the fat closed upon the blade, so that he could not draw the dagger out_of his belly; and the dirt came_out.
23 Then Ehud went_forth through the e porch, and shut the_doors_of the » par- lour upon him, and «locked them.
24 When he was_gone_out, his servants came; and when they saw that, behold, the_doors_of the «parlour were locked, they said, “Surely he covereth his -feet in his ‘xsummer xchamber.”
25 And they tarried till they_were_ ashamed: and, behold, he opened not the_doors_of the «parlour; therefore they took @ %key, and opened them: and, behold, their lord was +fallen_down dead on_the_earth.
26 And Ehud escaped while they tar- ried, and ,# passed_beyond «the 97 quar- ries, and escaped unto ¢xSeirath.
27 And it came_to_pass, when he was_ come, that he blew a xtrumpet in the_ hmountain_of Ephraim, and the_schil- dren_of Israé] went_down with him from the ? mount, and he before them.
B.C. about 1394,
a. Heb, Aram.
EGLON KING OF MOAB. about 1354,
e. Eglon, Large and fat, or fat- calf.
EXHUD'S DEVICE, about 1336. sa. saviour,
e. Ehud, Union.
2. ish.
sh. shut-of his right. hand,
g, gift-offer- ing.
b. bring- near.
gr. or ‘aven_ images. w. word.
t. the upper- chamber-of coolness.
w. word-of.
J. from off.
th. the throne,
c. colon- nade.
uw. upper. chamber.
EGION FOUND DEAD.
é. the inner_ chamber-of coolness.
wu. upper- chamber.
ah. Ie. t. or the ~ goat-walks.
MOAB SUBDUED. h. bill- country-of. §. SONS.
195
H 2
Jupaszs III. 28.
B.C. about 1336. J. Jehovah.
i. ish,
ff. fat.
SHAMGAR, g. goad, malmad, Srom \ah- mad, to teach, o7 to learn.
JABIN. about 1316. 8. sons. J. Jehovah.
j. Jabin, He wilL-under- stand.
s. Sisera, Bat- tle-array.
n. nations.
DEBORAH.
h. hill. country-of.
DEBORAH SENDS FOR BARAK, about 1296. 6. Heb. 11.32.
ba. Barak, Lightning. J.G. Jehovah Johim. é. ish. §. Sons,
ZEBULUN
AND NAPHTALI, c. called-to- gether-by. proclama- tion.
HEBER.
h. Heber, Fellowship.
k. Keen, Nest.
a, at the.
oak-of.
| 28 And he said unto them, “Follow after me: for’ the Lorp shath_delivered your renemies -the Moabites into your hand.” And.they went_down after him, and took -the_fords_of «Jordan toward Moab, and suffered not a ‘man to pass_ over.
29 And they slew_of -Moab at xthat xtime about ten thousand ‘men, all lusty, and all imen_of valour; and there escaped not a ‘man.
30 So Moab was_subdued xthat day under the_hand_of Israél. And the land had_rest fourscore years.
31 And after him was Shamgar the_ son_of Anath, which slew of «the Philis- tines six hundred ‘men with an xox goad: and he also delivered -Israél.
AND the-_schildren_of Israél again did xevil in the_sight_of’¢he Lorp, when Ehud was_dead.
2 And J the Lorp sold them into the_ hand_of Jj Jabin king_of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor ; the_captain_of whose host was sSisera, which dwelt in Haro- sheth_of the » Gentiles.
8 And the_schildren_of Israél cried unto ‘the Lorp: for he had nine hun- dred chariots_ofiron ; and twenty years he mightily oppressed -the_s children_ of Israel.
4 And @Deborah, a prophetess, the_
, | wife_of Lapidoth, she judged
xthat xtime.
5 And she +dwelt under the_palm_ tree_of Deborah between *xRamah and +» Beth-él in hmount Ephraim: and the_s children_of Israél came_up to her for xjudgment.
6 And she sent and called 4a Barak the_son_of Abinoam out_of Kedesh- naphtali, and said unto him, “*Hath not ‘the Lorp =God_of Israél com- manded, saying, ‘*Go and «draw toward mount Tabor, and -take with thee ten thousand ‘men of the_schildren_of Naphtali and of the_schildren_of Ze- bulun ?
7 And I -will_draw unto thee to the river Kishon Jabin’s army, with his -chariots and his “multitude; and I -will_deliver him into thine hand.’”
8 And Barak said unto her, “If thou wilt_go with me, then I -will_go: but if thou wilt not go with me, then I will not go.”
9 And she said, “I_will_surely go with thee: notwithstanding the journey that thon -takest shall not be for thine honour; for ‘the Lorp shall_sell ‘Sisera into the_hand_of a woman.” And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh,
10 And Barak ccalled ~Zebulun and -Naphtali to Kedesh ; and he went_up with ten thousand ‘men at his feet: and Deborah went_up with him.
11 Now / Heber the * Kenite, which was of the_schildren_of Hobab the_ father_in_law_of Moses, had_severed_ himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent «unto the_plain_of Zaanaim, which is -by Kedesh. | 1 And they shewed Sisera that Barak
JuDGES V.3
the_son_of Abinoam was_gone_up to) B.C. abor acy A a Siser thered_together -all =
nd Sisera g gathered_ er his chariots, even nine hundred chariots} @vsut of iron, and call the -people that were| 1s H with him, from Harosheth_of the » Gen-|. gathered. tiles unto the_river_of Kishon. bycpreg
14 And Deborah said unto Barak,|,,. nations “sUp; for this is the day in which J the = Lorp ‘hath_delivered -Sisera into thine] yyrre ys hand: -is not ‘the Lorp gone_out be- fore thee?” So Barak went_down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand imen after him.
15 And / the Lorp discomfited -Sisera, and all his xchariots, and all his xhost, with the_edge_of the sword be- fore Barak ; so that Sisera lighted_down off his xchariot, and fled_away on his feet.
16 But Barak pursued after the cha- riots, and after the host, unto Haro- sheth_of the » Gentiles: and all the_ host“of Sisera fell upon the_edge_of|». by. Mie sword; and there was not a_man a eft.
17 Howbeit Sisera fled_away on his feet to the_tent_of j Jael the_wife_of]|/. Jael,Wi Heber the Kenite: for there was peace} 80at. between Jabin the_king_of Hazor and the_house_of Heber the Kenite.
SISERA COME:
18 And Jael went_out to meet Sisera,) JAEL and said unto him, “*Turn_in, my lord, SMITESHD ‘turn_in to me; ‘fear not.” And when 4
he had_turned_in unto her into the , tent, she covered him with a xmantle.
19 And he said unto her, “*Give me, I_ pray_thee, a little water to_drink; for I -am thirsty.” And she opened a sk-bhottle_of xmilk, and gave_him_drink, and covered him.
20 Again he said unto her, “*Stand in the_e door_of the tent, and it -shall_be, when ‘any_man doth_come and «in- quire of thee, and «say, ‘Is there ‘any_ man here ?’ that thou «shalt_say, ‘ No.’”
21 Then Jael Heber’s wife took a t-nail_of the tent, and took @ hammer in her hand, and went xsoftly unto him, and smote «the ¢nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was_fast_asleep and weary. So he died.
2 And, behold, as Barak «pursued -Sisera, Jael came_out to meet him, and said unto him, “*Come, and I will_ shew thee -the ‘man whom thow 4seek- est.” And when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera +lay dead, and the ‘nail was in his temples.
23 So =God subdued on «that xday -Jabin the_king_of Canaan before the_ s children_of Israél.
24 And the_hand_of the_s children_of Israél prospered, and prevailed against Jabin the_king_of Canaan, until they had_destroyed -Jabin king_of Canaan.
19-21. Ch. 5 25,25.
sk. skin. — bottle.
THEN sang Deborah and Barak| Soye 5 the_son_of Abinoam on *that ss xday, saying, pana
2 “b+Praise ye J the Lorp for wthe_|, Bless avenging_of Israél, J, Jeho'
When the -people willingly_offered_ | %. or
themselves. re
3 -Hear, O_ye kings; -Give_ear, O_ye princes ;
196
pee
_ Jupaus V. 4. =, even ¥, will_sing unto ‘the|.
LorpD; I will_sing praise to ‘the Lorp =God_of Israél. 4J Lorp, when Thou wentest_out of Seir, When Thou marchedst out_of the_ field_of Edom, The earth trembled, and the hea- yens dropped, The clouds also dropped water. 5 The mountains / melted from ¢ be- fore 4 the Lorn, | Even that Sinai from before ! the Lorp =God_of Israél. 6In the_days_of Shamgar the_son_ | of Anath, | In the_days_of Jael, The highways were_unoccupied, And the travellers ‘walked through
byways. 7 The inhabitants of the villages
c They ceased in Israél, Until that I Deborah arose, That I arose a mother in Israél. 8 They ‘chose new gods; ’ Then was war in the gates: *Was_there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israél? | ° My heart 7s toward the_s¢ governors_ of Israél, | x1That offered_themselves_willingly among the -people. “Bless ye ) the Lorp. | 10 Speak, +ye_that_ride on white |
asses, +Ye_that_sit in judgment, And +walk by the way.
ll They that are delivered from the_ noise_of archers ¥¢ in the_places_ of_drawing_water,
There shall_they_rehearse the_ rrighteous_acts_of Jthe Lorp,
Even the rrighteous_acts toward the inhabitants of his villages in Israél :
Then:shall the_people_of J the Lorp go_down to the gates.
12 -Awake, -awake, Deborah :
-Awake, -awake, ‘utter a song:
-Arise, Barak,
And -lead thy captivity captive, thou son_of Abinoam.
13 Then He tmade him_that_remain- eth haye_dominion_over the nobles among the -people :
1 The Lorp ‘made_me_haye_domi- nion_over the =mighty. -
14 Out_of Ephraim was there a brroot_ of them against xAmalek ;
After thee, Benjamin, among thy =people:
Out_of Machir came_down + go- yernors,
And out_of Zebulun -they_that_ dhandle the_pen_of the writer.
% And the_princes_of Issachar were | with Deborah: |
Ten Issachar, and_also Barak: |
He was_sent on foot into the} valley.
For the_divisions_of Reuben there were great * thoughts_of heart.
1% Why abodest thou among the sheep-
folds, To hear the_bleatings_of the fiocks ?
197
JupDGEs V. 30.
For the_divisions_of Reuben there|B.C. about were great searchings_of heart. 1296. | lv Gilead abode beyond «Jordan: ; And why ‘did Dan remain in ships? Asher continued on the sea p shore, | p. port. And ‘abode in his ¢ breaches. ¢. 18 Zebulun and Naphtali were a -people that jeoparded their slives unto the death in the_|s. soul high_places_of the field. 19 The kings came and fought, Then fought the_kings_of Canaan in Taanach by the _waters-_of | Megiddo; They took no sp gain of si money. 20 They fought from =heayen ; The stars in their courses fought against Sisera. 21 The_river_of Kishon swept_them_ away, That ancient river, the_river Ki- shon. O_my soul, gthou thast_trodden_|g. go-on- _ down strength. eee Be = Then were the_horsehoofs broken ; by the_means_of the_pransings, The _pransings_of their mighty_ ones. 2% -Curse ye Meroz, said the_angel_of 1 the Lorn, -Curse ye bitterly the_inbabitants thereof; c Because they came not to the_ é. help_of / the Lorn, To the_help_of Jthe Lorp against the =mighty. | 24 Blessed above women shall Jael the_wife_of Heber the Kenite be, Blessed shall_she_be above women | in the tent. > He asked water, and she gave him milk ; She brought _forth butter in a | lordly dish. | 26 She ‘put her hand to the ‘nail, And her right_hand to the_work- men’s hammer; And with_the_hammer_she_-smote Sisera, She smote_off his head, When she had_pierced and «strick- en through his temples. % b At her feet he bowed, he fell, He} 5. between. lay_down: + At her feet he bowed, he fell: Where he bowed, there he fell_down de dead. 28 The_mother_of Sisera looked_out at @ xwindow, And cried through the lattice, ‘Why is his chariot so long in coming ? Why «tarry the_wheels_of his cha- riots?” 2 Her wise pr ladies answered her, Yea, she treturned / answer to her-
sp. spoil. si. Silver.
J. Jehovah.
de. de- stroyed.
pr. prin-
self, h. her
20 «Have they not sped ? Sane
FHave they not divided the prey;
To every «¢man a damsel or two; | st. stronz-
To Sisera a prey.of divers_colours, | ™U. // ee
A prey_of divers_colours_of needle-| °°? work,
Of divers_colours_of needlework on both sides,
Meet for the_necks_of them that take the spoil ?’
Jupexs V. 31. B.C. about 1296.
MIDIAN OPPRESSES ISRAEL. about 1256. 8. Sons. J. Jehovah. m. Midian, Strife. w. Was- strong.
a, Amalek. 8. sons.
4. Ley. 26. 16.
1. or locusts.
A PROPHET SENT. about 1249,
a@. & Tan, ish.
J.G. Jehovah Elohim, the
Everlast- ing Triune
God. b. bondmen.
AN ANGEL AND
g- Gideon, Feller, Cut- ter-down.
i. or in.
J. Jehovah.
m. Midian.
31 So Het all Thine enemies perish, O_ Lorp :
But Jet +them_that_love Him be as the sun when he goeth_forth in his might.” And the land had_ rest forty years,
AND the_schildren_of Israél did
xevil in the_sight_of Jthe Lorp:
and ! the Lorp delivered them into the_ hand_of ™ Midian seven years.
2 And the_hand_of ™ Midian w pre- vailed against Israél: and because_of m the Midianites the_s children_of Israél made them the dens which ave in the mountains, and -cayes, and strong holds.
3 And so it -was, when Israél had_ sown, that the Midianites -came_up, and a the Amalekites, and the_s children_of the east, even they -came_up against them;
4 And. they encamped against them, and destroyed -the _increase_of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and Heft no sustenance for Israél, neither sheep, nor Ox, nor ass.
5 For thep 'came_up with their cattle and their tents, and they came as lgrasshoppers for multitude ; for both they and their camels were without number : and they entered into the land to destroy it.
6 And Israélwas greatly impoverished because of ™ the Midianites ; and the_ schildren_of Israél cried unto / the Lorp.
7 And it came_to_pass, when the_ schildren_of Israél cried unto J the Lorp because of ™ the Midianites,
8 That Jthe Lorp sent ,“a prophet unto the_s children_of Israél, which said unto them, “Thus -saith Jihe Lorp =God_of Israél, € brought pou up from Egypt, and brought pou forth out_of the_house_of > =bondage ;
9 And I delivered pow out_of the_ hand_of the Egyptians, and out_of the_ hand_of all +that_oppressed you, and drave them out from before you, and gave you their -land ;
10 And I said unto you, £ am ‘the Lorp your =God; ‘fear not -the_gods_ of the Amorites, in whose land pe +dwell:’ but ye shave not obeyed My voice.”
11 And there came an angel-_of J the Lorp, and sat under am xoak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash
‘|the Abi-xezrite: and his son g Gideon
+threshed wheat *by the winepress, to hide 7t from ™ the Midianites.
2 And the_angel_of Jthe Lorp ap- peared unto him, and said unto him, “J The Lory 7s with thee, thou_mighty_ man_of xvalour.”
13 And Gideon said unto him, “Oh amy -lord, if Jthe Lorp be with us, why then «is all this befallen us? and where be all His miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, ‘ Did not J the Lorp bring_us_up from Egypt?’ but now ‘the Lorp -hath_forsaken us, and delivered us into the_-hands_of the Midianites.”
14 And Jthe Lorp looked upon him,
and said, “Go in this thy might, and|B.C. abou
thou ‘shalt_save -Israél from the_hand_ of mthe Midianites: shave not I sent thee?” er
15 And he said unto him, “Oh amy =Lord, wherewith shall_I_save -Israél? behold, my ‘family pis xpoor in Ma-
nasseh, and € am the least in my father’s] p.
house.” :
16 And ‘the Lorp said unto him, “Surely I will_be with thee, and thou sshalt_smite -the ™ Midianites as one iman.”
17 And he said unto him, “If now I ‘have_found grace in thy sight, then shew me a sign that thon -talkest with me.
18 ‘Depart not hence, I_pray_thee, until I come unto thee, and -bring_forth
my g«present, and sset it before thee.”|g. gi And he said, “£ will_tarry until thou nee
come_again.”
19 And Gideon went_in, and made_ ready a kid, ,.e and unleavened_cakes_of an ephab_of flour: the flesh he put in @ xbasket, and he put the broth in a xpot, and brought_7t_out unto him under the oak, and presented tt.
20 And the_angel_of x=God said unto} 20
him, “-Take -the flesh and -the unleay-
ened_cakes, and -lay them upon xthis Rey
xrock, and :pour_out the broth,” And he did so.
21 Then the_angel_of J the Lorp put_ forth -the_end_of the staff that was in
1249,
his hand, and touched the flesh and the ao
unleavened_cakes ; and there rose_u
xfire out_of the rock, and / consumed |/f. o7 fed- upon.
ethe flesh and «the unleayened_cakes. Then the_angel_of Jthe Lorp departed out_of his sight.
2 And when Gideon perceived that he was an angel_of!the Lorp, Gideon
said, “Alas, O_4 =Lord! Gop! for because] 4.3. Adon I -have_seen an angel_of J the Lorp face hy da
to face.”
2% And ‘the Lorp said unto him, “Peace be unto thee; 'fear not: thou shalt not die.”
unto! the Lorp, and called it j Jehovah ket
Shalom: unto xthis xday it 7s yet in Ophrah of the Abi_xezrites.
25 And it came_to pass the same xnight, that Jthe Lorp said unto him, “-Take thy father’s ~young bullock, «even the second bullock_of seven years old, and ‘throw_down «the_altar_of xBaal that thy father hath, and tcut_down -the grove that is by it:
26 And «build analtar unto J the Lorp
thy =God upon the_top_of «this s xrock, | s.
in the ordered_place, and stake the second xbullock, and :offer « a «burnt_ sacrifice with the_wood_of the grove which thou shalt_cut_down.”
27 Then Gideon took ten men_of his servants, and did «cas 4the Lorp had_ said unto him: and so it was, because he feared his father’s “household, and -the_~ men_of the city, that he could not do it by_day, that he did zt by_ night.
28 And when the_«men_of the city arose_early in the morning, behold, the_ altar_of Baal was_cast_down, and the grove was_cut_down that was by it, and
198
mn, Jehovah send
_Jupexs VI. 29. B.C. about {the second bullock was_offered » upon
1249. the altar that was xbuilt. u. offered. 2 And they said one to another, up. “Who -hath_done this *thing?” And when they inquired and _ asked, they said, “Gideon the_son_of Joash shath_
done «this xthing.”
JOASH. 30 Then the_¢men_of the city said @. anah- unto Joash, “-Bring_out thy
shim. |he_may_die: because he -hath_cast_ down Be -hath_cut_down the grove that was by it.” :
31 And Joash said unto all that stood against him, “ Will pe ‘plead for Baal? will pe save him? he that will_plead »| for him, let him be_put_to_death whilst it is yet xmorning: if he be a =god, let him plead for himself, because one hath - |cast_down his «altar.”
82 Therefore on xthat xday he called
shameful- thing plead. 33 Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the_schildren_of the "east were_gathered together, and went_
Jezreel.
#4 But the_Spirit_of7the Lorp ¢came_ jupon ; aa and Abi-ezer was_/ gathered after | him.
85 And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh ; ths also was_¢ gathered after him: and he sent messengers unto Asher, and unto Zebulun, and ‘unto Naphtali; and they came_up to ‘meet them.
N. | 36 And Gideon said unto x=God, “If THe PEW Thou wilt_save “Israél by mine hand, acas Thou shast_said, :
37 Behold, £ +will_put a xwool in the ‘floor; and if the dew tbe on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the earth beside, then shall_I_know that Thou wilt_save hand, a¢as Thou -hast_said.”
38 And it was so: for he rose_up_ early on the morrow, and thrust -the fleece together, and wringed the dew out_of the fleece, a xbowl full_of =water.
oe oak And peadeon a ane x=God, we t not Thine anger be_hot against
BEWLONLY me, and I will_speak but this once:
Grounp. |‘let_me_prove, I_pray_Thee, but this 39. Gen. 18. (once with the fleece; ‘let it now be dry
only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground tlet_there_be dew.”
40 And =God did so xthat xnight: for it was_dry upon the fleece only, and there_was dew on all the ground.
THE EN- THEN Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, CAMPMENT. and all the people that were with ca him, rose_up early, and pitched beside Trembling. | he_well_of * Harod : so that the_c host_ e.camp. (Of the Midianites were on the_north_
m. Moreh, |side_of them, by the_hill_of ™ xMoreh, \ in the valley.
2 And /the Lorp said unto Gideon, r- |“The people that are with thee are too
into their hands, lest Israél tvaunt_ themselves against Me, saying, ‘Mine_ own hand -hath_saved me,’
over, and pitched in the_valley_of)
Jupe@ks VII. 15.
3 Now therefore -go_to, :proclaim in| B.C. about the_ears_of the people, saying, ‘ Whoso- 1249. ever is fearful and ‘afraid, ‘let_him__|3. Deut. 20.8. return and depart early from mount |¢. trembling. xGilead.’” And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand: and there_remained ten thousand.-
+ And ‘the Lorp said unto Gideon, “The people are yet too many; -bring them down unto the =water, and I will_try them for thee there: and it ‘shall_be, that of whom I tsay unto thee, ‘This shall_go with thee, the_ same shall_go with thee; and of whom- soever I tsay unto thee, ‘This shall not go with thee,’ the_same shall not
0.”
SECOND TEST.
5 So he brought_down -the people unto the =water: and /the Lorp said unto Gideon, “Every_one that ‘lappeth of the =water with his tongue, «cas a xdog ‘lappeth, him shalt_thou_set by_ himself; likewise every_one that tbow- eth_down upon his knees to drink.”
6 And the_number_of lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, were three hundred ‘men: but all the_rest_of the people bowed_down upon their knees to drink water.
7 And ‘the Lorp said unto Gideon, |7.1Sim. 14. “By the three hundred ixmen ~+that) © lapped will_I_save pou, and -deliver «the Midianites into thine hand: and et all the other people go ievery_man unto his place.”
8 So the people took -victuals in their hand, and their «trumpets: and he sent man unto his tent, and retained those three hundred ‘xmen: and the_c host_ of Midian was beneath him in the | valley. |
8 And it came_to_pass the same, Giron xnight, that ‘the Lorp said unto him,| AND HIS “Arise, ‘get thee_down unto the c host ;| SERVANT- for I-have_delivered it into thine hand. |J- Jehovah.
10 But if thou -fear to go_down, -go thou with p Phurah thy servant down to the ¢ host :
tl And thou -shalt_hear what they rsay; and afterward shall thine hands be_strengthened to go_down unto the chost.” Then went he down with Phurah his servant unto the_outside_ of the armed_men that were in the c host.
12 And the Midianites and the Ama- lekites and all the_s children_of the east lay_along in the valley like /xgrass- hoppers for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand by 5 the sea side for multitude. j
13 Andwhen Gideon was_come, behold, THE there was a iman that_told a dream| DREAM. unto his fellow, and said, “Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake_of barley bread tumbled into the_¢ host_of Midian, and came unto a xtent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay_along.”
14 And his fellow answered and said, “This zs nothing else save the_sword_ of Gideon the_son_of Joash, a ‘man_of Israél: for into his hand -hath x=God delivered -Midian, and all the ¢ host.”
15 And it was so, when Gideon heard -the_telling_of the dream, and -the_
ae. accord- ing-as,or | even-_as. }
THREE HUNDRED RETAINED.
c. camp.
p. Phurah, A Branch.
8. Sons. 1. or locusts.
=God, Elo- him. TRUMPETS, PITCHERS,
AND LAMPS.
199
B.C. about 1249. c. camp.
16. 2 Cor. 4. 6, 7.
i. ish.
t. torches.
ac. accord- ing-as.
18, See v. 20.
MIDIAN DISCOMFIT- ED.
OREB AND
ZEEBSLAIN. h. the-hill. country-of.
25. Ps. 83.11. Tsa. 10. 26.
THE MEN OF EPHRAIM. a, ish.
| 2. Proy. 15.1. 3. Ch. 7. 24, 2 Phil. 2
=God, Elo- him,
Jupexrs VII. 16.
interpretation thereof, that he wor- shipped, and returned into the_c host_ of Israel, and said, “*Arise; for the Lorp shath_delivered into your hand -the_¢ host_of Midian.”
16 And he divided -the three hundred txmen into three companies, and he put a trumpet in every_man’s hand, with empty pitchers, and ‘lamps within the pitchers.
17 And he said unto them, “Look on me, and 'do likewise: and, behold, when £ +come to the_outside_of the camp, it ‘shall_be that, a¢ as I do, shall_ ye_do.
18 When I blow with a xtrumpet, £ and all that are with me, then blow pe the trumpets also on_every_side of all the camp, and ssay, ‘ The sword of ‘the Lorp, and of Gideon.’”
19 So Gideon, and the hundred imen
that were with him, came unto the_out- side_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.
20 And the three xcompanies blew the
.|trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and
held the ‘lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow withal : and they cried, “The_ sword_of / the Lorn, and of Gideon.”
21 And they stood ‘every_man in his place round_about the camp: and all the host ran, and cried, and fied.
2 And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and Jthe Lorp set ‘every_ man’s sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled to Beth-xshittah in Zererath, and to the_border_of Abel-meholah, unto Tabbath.
23 And the_i men_of Israél gathered_ themselves_together out_of Naphtali, and out_of Asher, and out_of all Manasseh, and pursued after the Midi- anites,
2 And Gideon sent messengers throughout all /mount Ephraim, say- ing, “*Come_down against the Midian-
ites, and -take before them -the waters | u
unto Beth-barah and Jordan.” Then all the_-tmen_of Ephraim gathered_ themselves_together, and took «the wa- ters unto Beth-barah and xJordan.
25 And they took two princes_of the Midianites, o-Oreb and z-Zeeb; and they slew -Oreb upon the_rock Oreb, and -Zeeb they slew at the_winepress_ of Zeeb, and pursued Midian, and brought the_heads_of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the_other_side xJordan.
AND the_imen_of Ephraim said
unto him, “ Why -hast_thou_served }
us xthus, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites ?” And they did_chide with him sharply.
2And he said unto them, “What shaye_I_done now in comparison of you? Js not the_gleaning_of_the_ grapes_of Ephraim better than the_ vintage_of Abi-ezer ?
8 =God -hath_delivered inte your
Jupaxs VIII. 18.
hands -the_princes_of Midian, -Oreb| B.C. abo and -Zeeb: and what was_I_able to.do| 1249. in_comparison_of you?” Then their : anger was_abated toward him when he had_said that.
4 And Gideon came to Jordan, and 4passed_over, he, and the three hundred ixmen that were with him, faint, yet|i. i pursuing them.
5 And he said unto the_« men_of Suc- coth, “-Give, I_pray_you, loaves_of bread unto the people that follow me ;}-. for thep be faint, and € am_pursuing after -Zebah and Zalmunna, kings_of Midian.” F
6 And .the_princes_of Succoth said, “Are the_hands_of Zebah and Zal- munna now in thine hand, that we} 3; should_give bread unto thine army ?”
7 And Gideon said, “Therefore when Jthe Lorp hath_delivered ~Zebah and -Zalmunna into mine hand, then I swill_ttear your ~flesh with the_thorns_|t. of the wilderness and with xbriers.”
8 And he went_up thence to Penuél, and spake unto them likewise: and the_ emen_of Penuél answered him «cas mes men_of Succoth had answered vm. 9 And he spake also unto the_# men_|_ing-as. of Penuél, saying, “When I come_ again in peace, I will_break_down this xtower.” 10 Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their chosts with them, about fifteen thousand men, all that were_left of all the_chosts_of the_|c. schildren_of the east: for there fell a|s. hundred and twenty thousand *men that_drew sword. j 11 And Gideon went_up by the_way_ of xtthem_that dwelt in xtents on the_ east_of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote -the host: for the host was secure.
12 And when Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he pursued after them, and took -the_two kings_of Midian, ~Zebah and err and te discomfited all the
ost.
13 And Gideon the_son_of Joash re- turned from xbattle before the sun was
Zalm ‘ Shadow- withheld,
att And caught a young_man of the_ « men_of Succoth, and inquired_of him : and he described unto him -the_princes_ of Succoth, and -the_elders thereof, even threescore and seventeen ¢men.
15 And he came unto the_« men_of Succoth, and said, “Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, with whom ye did_upbraid me, saying, ‘Are the_hands_of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should_give bread unto thy “men that are weary?’”
16 And he took rthe_elders_of the city, and «thorns_of the wilderness and xbriers, and with them he taught -the men of Succoth.
17 And he beat_down rthe_tower_of Penuél, and slew -the_«men_of the city.
18 Then said he unto Zebah and Zal- munna, “ What manner_of @ xmen were they whom ye slew at Tabor?” And they answered, “As thou art, so were they; each one resembled the_s chil-|s. sons. dren_of @ xking.” ;
200
B.C. about 1249, J. Jehovah.
21, Ps. 83.11. 4. Heb. ish.
m. moon- like-orna- ments.
GIDEON REFUSES TO RULE.
J, Jehovah.
Bur MAKES AN EPHOD.
i. Hed, ish. A collective
m, the moon-
_ shaped_
| ornaments. “27, Ch. 17. b. fra
_Jupexrs VIII. 19.
18 And he said, “Thep were my bre- thren, even thezsons_of my mother: as ithe Lorp liveth, if ye had_saved them alive, I would not slay pou.”
20 And he said unto Jether his first- born, “+Up, and «slay them.” But the youth drew not his sword: for he feared, because he was yet a youth.
21 Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, “sRise thou, and -fall upon us: for as the ‘man is, so is his strength.” And Gideon arose, and slew -Zebah and -Zalmunna, and took_away cthe ™ or- naments that were on their camels’ necks. A
2 Then the_i men_of Israél said unto Gideon, “+Rule thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son also: for thou shast_delivered us from the-hand_ of Midian.”
23 And Gideon said unto them, “£ will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you : / the Lorp shall_rule over you.”
% And Gideon said unto them, “I would_desire a request of you that ye would_give me ‘every_man_ the_ear- rings_of his’ prey.” (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaclites.)
2% And they answered, “We will_ willingly give them.” ‘And they spread axgarment, and did_cast therein‘ every_
|man the_earrings_of his prey.
26 And the_weight_of the golden ear- rings that he requested was a thousand and seven hundred_shekels_of gold; beside ™ xornaments, and xcollars, and xpurple raiment that was on the_kings_ of Midian, and beside the chains that were about their camels’ necks.
27 And Gideon made an ephod there- of, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah : and all Israél went thither a whoring after it: which thing became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house.
28 Thus was Midian subdued before the_s children_of Israél, so that they lifted_up their heads no more. And the country was _in_quietness forty years in the_days_of Gideon.
29 And Jerubbaal the_son_of Joash went and dwelt in his_own house.
30 And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives.
31 And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son, whose «name he called « Abimelech.
82 And Gideon the_son_of Joash died in a good old_age, and was_buried in
. |the_sepulchre_of Joash his father, in
Ophrah of the Abi-xezrites. 33 And it came_to_pass, as soon as
Gideon was_dead, that the_s children_of | us
Israél turned_again, and went_a_whor- ing after 4 xBaalim, and made %a Baal- berith their =god.
8+ And the_schildren_of Israél_re- membered not !+the Lorp their =God, «Who had_delivered them out_of the_ pone of all their enemies on_every_ side:
85 Neither shewed_they_kindness to the_house_of Jerubbaal, namely, Gi- deon, according_to all the goodness which he had_shewed unto Israél.
JupGzs IX. 16.
AND «2 Abimelech the_son_of Jerub-| B.C, about
baal went to Shechem unto his mother’s brethren, and communed with them, and with all the_family_of the_ house_of his mother’s father, saying,
2 “.Speak, I_pray_you, in the_ears_of all the.” men_of Shechem, Whether zs better for you, either that all the_sons_ of Jerubbaal, which are threescore_ and_ten ‘persons, *reign over you, or
that one “reign over you? -remember| ; ;
inte that E am your bone and your esh.”
38 And his mother’s brethren spake of him in the_ears_of all the_imen_of Shechem hearts inclined « to_follow Abimelech ; for they said, “He is our brother.”
4 And they gave him threescore_and_ ten pieces_of silver out_of the_house_of Baal-berith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light «persons, which fol- lowed him.
5 And he went unto his father’s house at Ophrah, and slew his -brethren the_ sons_of Jerubbaal, being threescore_
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ABIMELECH MADE RULER.
1. Ch, 8. 31. a. Abime-
a. after.
and_ten ‘persons, upon one stone: not-| ;. i
withstanding yet jJotham the youngest | ;.
son_of Jerubbaal was_left ; for he hid_ himself.
6 And all the_mmen_of Shechem gathered_together, and all the_house_ of Millo, and went, and made -Abime- lech king, by the_e plain_of the pillar that was in Shechem.
7 And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood in the_top_of mount Gerizim, and lifted_up his voice, and cried, and said unto them, “*Hearken unto me, ye ™men_of Shechem, that =God may_hearken unto you.
8 The trees went_forth on a time to anoint a king over them ; and they said unto the olive_tree, “Reign thou oyer us
® But the olive_tree said unto them, ‘Should I leave my «fatness, wherewith by me they thonour =God and «=man, and g-go to be_promoted over the trees?’
10 And the trees said to the fig_tree, “-Come thou, and -reign over us.’
11 But the fig_tree said unto them, ‘Should I forsake my «sweetness, and my xgood -fruit, and *go to be_pro- moted over the trees ?’
12 Then said the trees unto the vine, **Come thon, and reign over us.’
13 And the vine said unto them, ‘Should I leave my “wine, which cheereth =God and «=man, and g-go to be_promoted over the trees ?’
14 Then said all the trees unto the bramble, ‘-Come thou, and -reign over
15 And the bramble said unto the trees, ‘If in truth pe sanoint me king over you, then -come and -put_your_ truSt in my shadow: andif not, ‘let fire come_out of the bramble, and devour -the_cedars_of xLebanon,’
16 Now therefore, if ye shave_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 ;
upright.
0. or oak, Heb. elon. See Josh. 24. 26.
JOTHAM’S |
PARABLE.
m. masters, im.
9. Ps. 104. 15.
@. anah- shim.
g. Z0 to wander, or wave over.
|
| |
13. Ps. 104. 15. =}
n.new-wine, |
Heb, tirdsh.
Jupezs IX. 17.
B.C. about 1209. s. soul.
i. ish.
m., masters.
20. See v. 49.
J. or from the_face_of.
TREACH- ERY. about 1206. 7. ruled.
24. Ps. 7. 16. |-
GAAL DE- FIES ABIME- LECH.
g. Gaal,
Loathing.
m. masters, im.
8, songs.
28. Gen. 34. 2, 6.
”
ZEBUL SENDS TO ABIME- LECH,
V7 (For my father fought for you, and adventured his s life far, and delivered pou out_of the-hand_of Midian :
18 And pe -are_risen_up against my father’s house this day, and have slain his -sons, threescore_and_ten ¢ persons, upon one stone, and have_made «Abi- melech, the_son_of his maidservant, king over the-~men_of Shechem, be- cause he is your brother ;)
19 If ye then -have_dealt truly and sincerely with Jerubbaal and with his house xthis xday, then -rejoice ye in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in
ou: : 2 But if not, et fire come_out from Abimelech, and devour -the_” men_of Shechem, and -the_house_of Millo ; and let fire come_out from the_imen_of Shechem, and from the_house_of Millo, and devour ~Abimelech.”
21 And Jotham ran_away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for /fear_of Abimelech his brother.
2 When Abimelech had_rreigned three years oyer Israél,
23 Then =God sent an evil spirit be- tween Abimelech and the_” men_of Shechem ; and the_~ men_of Shechem dealt_treacherously with Abimelech : 24 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 kill- ing_of his ~brethren.
2 And the_»men_of Shechem set liers_in_wait for him in the_top_of the mountains, and they robbed teame_along that way by them: and it was_told Abimelech. ‘
26 And g Gaal the_son_of Ebed came with his brethren, and went_over to Shechem: and the_~men_of Shechem put_their_confidence in him.
27 And they went_out into the fields and gathered their -vineyards, an trode the grapes, and made smerry, and went into the_house_of their =god, and did_eat and drink, and cursed -Abimelech.
28 And Gaal the_son_of Ebed said, “Who is Abimelech, and who is She- chem, that we should_serve him? is not he the_son_of Jerubbaal? and Ze- bul his officer? sserve -the_«men_of Hamor the_father_of Shechem : for why should {we serve him ?
22 And would to God xthis xpeople were_under my hand! then would_I_ remove -Abimelech.” And he said to Abimelech, “Increase thine army, and *come_out,”
30-And when z Zebul the_ruler_of the city heard ~the_words_of Gaal the_son_ of Ebed, his anger was_kindled.
81 And he sent Messengers unto Abi- melech ¢ privily, saying, “Behold, Gaal the_son_of Ebed and his brethren +be_ come to Shechem; and, behold, they 4fortify “the city against thee.
32 Now therefore -up by_night, thou and the people that zs with thee, and slie_in_wait in the field:
33 And it -shall_be, that in the morn- ing, as_soon_as the sun is_up,. thou
Jupass IX.
shalt_rise_early, and set a the city: and, behold when he and the people that zs with him come_out against thee, then mayest_thou_-do to them ae as thou shalt_find occasion.”
3 And Abimelech rose_up, and all) }!
the people that were with him, by_night, and they laid_wait against Shechem in four companies.
B.C. al 1206.
35 And Gaal the_son_of Ebed went_| Gaau
out, and stood in the_entering_of the_ gate_of the city : and Abimelech rose_ up, and the people that were with him, from *xlying_in_wait.
36 And when Gaal saw «the people, he said to Zebul, “ Behold, «there.come people down from the_top_of the moun- tains.” And Zebul said unto him, “Thon seest “the_shadow_of the moun- tains as if they were © men.”
37 And Gaal spake again and said,
middle of the land, and another com- pany +come along by the_o plain_of m Meonenim.”
38 Then said Zebul unto him, “Where is now thy mouth, wherewith thou tsaidst, ‘Who is Abimelech, that we_ should_serve him?’ is not this the people that thou shast_despised? *go_ out, I_pray_now, and ‘fight with them.” .
89 And Gaal went_out before the_ mmen_of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech,
#0 And Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him, and many were_ overthrown and wounded, even unto the_entering_of the gate.
41 And Abimelech dwelt at Arumah : and Zebul tbhrust_out -Gaal and his vbrethren, that they should not dwell in Shechem.
42 And it came_to_pass on the mor- row, that the people went_out into the field ; and they told Abimelech.
43 And he took vided 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.
44 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 xcom- panies ran upon all the people that were in the fields, and slew them.
#5 And Abimelech fought against the city all xthat xday; and he took -the city, and slew «the people that was therein, and beat_down -the city, and sowed it with_salt.
46 And when all the.~men_of the_ tower_of Shechem heard that, they en- tered into a «hold_of the_house_of the -god > Berith.
47 And it was_told Abimelech, that all the_m men_of the_tower_of Shechem were_gathered_together.
48 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 and took it, and laid 7t.on his shoulder, and said unto the people that were with him,
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fo lt
about|“ What ye -have_seen me *do, *make_ haste, and «do as I have done.”
#2 And all the people likewise cut_ down ‘every_man his bough, and fol- lowed Abimelech, and put them to the t hold, and set the « hold on_fire upon
ower. them; so that all the_-«men_of the_ @anah- tower_of Shechem died also, about a a thousand ‘ men and women.
— © Then went Abimelech to ‘ Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and took it.
sl But there_was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the men and xwomen, and all they_of the city, and shut it to them, and gat_ them_up to the_r top_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. .| 33 Anda certain woman cast a «piece_
of a millstone upon Abimelech’s head, and all to brake his skull 5 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 wo- man slew him.’” And his young_man thrust_him_through, and he died.
5 And when the_imen_of Israél saw | that Abimelech was_dead, they departed | fevery_man unto his place.
86 Thus =God rendered -the_wicked- ness_of Abimelech, which he did unto 2 his father, in slaying his -seyenty breth-
ren:
57 And Shechem did =God render upon their heads: and upon them came the_curse_
of Jotham the_son_of Jerubbaal.
1 AND after Abimelech there arose to sadefend
son_of Puah, the_son_of Dodo, a ‘ man_
of Issachar: and he dwelt in s+ Shamir
in 4 mount Ephraim.
2 And he judged -Israél twenty and
three years, and died, and was_buried in
3 And after himarose jJair, axGilead- ite, and judged -Israél twenty and two} ears.
# And he had thirty sons +that_rode | ; }on thirty ass_colts, and they had thirty cities, which ‘are_called * Havoth-jair unto «this xday, which are in the_land_ of «Gilead.
5 And Jair died, and was_buried in
on. 6 And the_schildren_of Israél did xevil 5 acme in the_sight_of J the Lorp, and served *Baalim, and ¥Ashtaroth, and «the_gods_of «Syria, and -the_gods_of
1206. See v. 2.
} j | i |
-the_gods_of the_s children_of Ammon, and -the_gods_of the Philistines, and | forsook J+the Lorp, and served not
7 And the- anger_of J the LorD was_ a “rhe Tsraél, and He sold them | e_hands_of the Philistines, and into the _ hands _ of the _: children _ of
Ammon. 8 And xthat «year they vexed and | e-eruhe. eoppressed
| were _9 gathered _ together, and en-
| together, and encamped in xMizpeh.
Zidon, and -the_gods_of Moab, and | him.
JupeeEs XI. 6.
eighteen years, -all the_s children_of Is-| B.C. about raél that were on the_other_side dan in the_land_of the Amorites, which
ts in «Gilead.
% Moreover the_* children_of — §. sons, passed_over *Jordan to fight also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the_house_of Ephraim ; so that Israél was sore distressed. poe es
10 ae = children_of Israel cried a Cry |
unto Jthe Lorp, saying, “We shave_ ae sinned against Thee, both because we| 7=#°VA3- | *have_forsaken our -=God; and also / served *Baalim.” ]
11 And / the Lorp said unto the_schil-| 11. Ex.14.30. dren_of Israél, “ Did not I deliver you ae | from the Egyptians, and from the) jaa. Amorites, from the_schildren_of Am- mon, and from the Philistines ?
© The Zidonians also, and the Ama- lekites, and the Maonites, did_oppress pou; and ye cried to me, and I deli- vered pou out_of their hand.
13 Yet pe -have_forsaken Mic, and | served other gods: wherefore I will_de- liver pou no more.
14-Go and -cry unto the gods which ye ‘haye_chosen ; ‘let them deliver you in the_time_of your tribulation.”
15 And the_schildren_of Israél said unto J the Lorn, “We -haye_sinned : -do Thow unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto Thee; -deliver us only, we_pray_ Thee, «this xday.”
16 And they put_away the strange seods from among them, and served
I-the Lorp: and His soul was_grieved for the_misery_of Israél.
7 Then the-schildren-of Ammon
ASSEMBLE. camped in xGilead. And the_-schil- dren_of Israél assembled_themselves_
18 ‘And the people and princes_of Gilead said one to another, “ What ixman is he that will_begin to fight against the_schildren_of Ammon? he shall_be head over all the_inhabitants_ |
of Gilead.”
11 NOW Jj Jephthah the Gileadite| Jeparuan | was a mighty_man_ofvalour, and |1. Heb.11.32. |
he was the_son_of .«a harlot: and aes
Gilead begat -Jephthah.
% Aind GikeaWawife hare, him sons ; a 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 an strange woman.” an. another.
3 Then Jephthah fled from «this|,+. theface brethren, and dwelt in the_land_of| of Tob: and there were_gathered vain | men to Jephthah, and went_out with | ¢.anahshim. |
CONSULTA- TION. |
i. ish.
£ And it came_to_pass «in process_of| JePHTHAH | time, that the_schildren_of Ammon| FETCHED. | made_war against Israél. a. after days. 5 And it was_so, that when the_schil-|* *°"* dren_of Ammon made_war Is- raél, the_elders_of Gilead went to fetch -Jephthah out_of the_land_of Tob: : 6 And they said unto Jephthah, “-Come, and -be our captain, that- we may_i ‘ight with the_schildren_of Am- mon.”
eae ne
203
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Jupe@rs XI. 7.
B.C. about 1161.
8. Ch. 10. 18,
$. sons,
5. Jehovah,
h. hearer.
11. Ch. 10. 17. 1Sam. 10. V7
i i, in-the- presence. of.
JEPH- THAH'S MESSAGE,
about 1143,
13. Num. 21. 24-26,
15. Deut. 2.9, 19,
17, Num, 20, 14-21.
w. went. round,
6. border, _ Heb. gebil,
3.a. Jehovah Elohim.
7 And Jephthah said unto the_elders_ of Gilead, “Did not pe hate me, and expel me out_of my father’s house? and why sare_ye_come unto me now when ye are in distress ?”
8 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_s children_of Ammon, and be our head over all the_ inhabitants_of Gilead.”
® And Jephthah said unto the_elders_ of Gilead, “If pe +bring me home_again to fight against the_s children_of Am- mon, and / the Lorp «deliver them be- fore me, shall £ be your head?”
10 And the_elders_of Gilead said unto
Jephthah, “! The Lorp ‘be / witness be- | -
tween us, if we do not so according_to thy words.”
11 Then Jephthah went with the_ elders_of Gilead, and the people made him head and captain over them: and Jephthah uttered fore J the Lorp in xMizpeh.
12 And Jephthah sent messengers unto the_king_of the_s children_of Am- mon, saying, “What hast thou to do with me, that thou -art_come against me to fight in my land?”
13, And the_king_of the_s children_of Ammon answered unto the_messen- gers_of Jephthah, “Because Israél took_away my «land, when they came_ up out_of Egypt, from Arnon even unto xJabbok, and unto xJordan: now therefore srestore those lands again peaceably.”
14 And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the_king_of the_s children_ of Ammon:
15 And said unto him, “Thus ssaith Jephthah, Israél took not away -the_ land_of Moab, nor «the_land_of the_ schildren_of Ammon :
16 But when Israél came_up from Egypt, and walked through the wilder- ness unto the_Red Sea, and came to Kadesh ;
17 Then Israél 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 Israél abode in Ka-
desh.
18 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.
19 And Israél sent messengers unto Sihon king_of the Amorites, the_king_ of Heshbon; and Israél said unto him, ‘FLet_us_pass, we_pray_thee, through thy land into my place.’
20 But Sihon trusted not -Israél to pass_through his >coast: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and pitched in Jahaz, and fought against Israél.
21 And Jthe Lorp =God_of Israél de- livered -Sihon and all his people. into
Jupexrs XI.
the_hand_of Israél, and they smote|B.C.al them: so Israél possessed land_of the Amorites, the_inhabitants_
of xthat country.
2 And they possessed + coasts_of the Amorites, from Arnon |p. borders. even unto xJabbok, and from the wil- q derness even unto xJordan. :
33 So now J the Lorp =God_of Israél shath_dispossessed “the Amorites from b before His people Israél, and shouldest . thou possess it ? .
24 Wilt not thou possess -that which e Chemosh thy =god giveth thee to pos- sess? So -whomsoever 4 the Lorp our =God -shall_drive_out from before us, them will_we_possess.
2% And now art thon 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,
26 While Israél 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 : not recover them within «that xtime :
27 Wherefore E shave not sinned against thee, but thon +doest me wrong to war against me: ) the Lorp the Judge 'be_judge this day between the_s chil-|s. sons, _ dren_of Israél and ,ve the_schildren_of| ,e.betweer Ammon.” . :
28 Howbeit the_king_of the_schil- dren_of Ammon hearkened not unto
THE KING HEAR!
eth ge Jephthah which he sent| *°™ ; nim. 4
29 Then the_Spirit_of J the Lorp came] JEPHTHAE upon Jephthah, and he passed_over| PASSES Gilead, and -Manasseh, and passed_| Q\2E,20 over -Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Miz- 7 peh of Gilead he passed_over unto the_ . s children_of Ammon. p
30 And Jephthah vowed a vow unto|” Jera-_ Jthe Lorp, and said, “If Thou shalt} THAH'’s: without_fail deliver -the_schildren_of| VOW. Ammon into mine hands + 600 a
31 Then it *shall_be, that xwhatso- q ever cometh_forth of the_doors_of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the_schildren_of Ammon, *shall_surely_be ‘the Lorp’s,and I -will_ offer_it_up for a_¢ burnt_offering.”
32 So Jephthah passed_over unto the_ Vigne schildren_of Ammon to fight against % them ; and !the Loxp delivered them into his hands.
33 And he smote them from Aroer,| . even till thou come to Minnith, even 3 twenty cities, and unto the_m plain_of| m. meado: the vineyards, with a very great slaugh- ter. Thus the_schildren_of Ammon : a before the_schildren_of
raél.
34 And Jephthah came to_xMizpeh ss unto his house, and, behold, hisdaughter| _ THAH'S +came_out to meet him with timbrels|} PAUGHT and with dances : and she was his only child; beside her he had neither 'son I nor daughter. i
35 And it came_to_pass, when he saw 35. Eccl. 5.5 her, that he rent his clothes, and said,| 4. oa N “Alas, my daughter! thou shast_brought| 35° 7 me very low, and thou art one_ofthem_| ~ that_trouble_me: for £ shave_opened my mouth unto J the Lorp, and [ can- not go_back.” i
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1143. 3. Jehovah.
§, SONS.
¢. com- panions.
i. ish. o.ordinance.
1
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so. soul.
J. Jehovah.
| JEPHTHAH
FIGHTS WITH EPHRAIM. @. anah- shim,
sh. Shibbo- Jeth, A itream.
JEPHTHAH DIEs. 1 about 1137.
| Jupexs XI. 36. B.C. about
36 And she said unto him, “ My father, if thou shast_opened thy «mouth unto Jthe Lorn, :do to me according_to that_ which -hath_proceeded out_of thy mouth ; forasmuch asthe Lord shath_ taken vengeance for thee of thine ene- mies, even of the_schildren of Am- mon.”
87 And she said unto her father, “thet xthis xthing be_done for me: =let me alone two months, that I may_go_ up and down upon the mountains, and bewail my virginity, E and my « fel- lows.”
38 And he said, “-Go.” And he sent her away for two months: and she went with her companions, and bewailed her See upon the mountains.
39 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 site knew no ‘man. And it was a o custom in Israél,
40 That the_daughters_of Israél hvent yearly to ‘lament the_daughter_
id. of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in
@ xyear.
AND the_i men_of Ephraim ~ ga-
thered_themselves_together, and went northward, and said unto Jeph- thah, “Wherefore passedst_thou_over
‘|to fight against thes children_of Am-
mon, and didst not call us to go with thee? we will_burn thine house upon thee with ~fire.” >
. 2 And Jephthah said unto them, “£ and my people were at great strife with the_schildren_of Ammon; and when I called pou, ye delivered me not out_of their hands.
3 And when I saw that ye «delivered me not, I put my solife in my hands, and passed_over against the_s children_ of Ammon, and ‘!the Lorp delivered them into my hand: wherefore then *are_ye.come_up unto me xthis xday, to fight against me?”
4 Then Jephthah gathered_together call the_emen_of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim : and the_« men_of Gilead smote -Ephraim, because they said, “De Gileadites are fugitives_of Ephraim among the Ephraimites, and among the Manassites.”
5 And the Gileadites took -the_/pas- sages_of xJordan before the Kphraim- ites: 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 thow an Ephraimite?”: If he said, “Nay;”
6 Then said they unto him, “Say now shShibboleth:” and he said “Sibbo- leth:” for he could not frame to pro- nounce 7 right.. Then they took him, and slew him at the_/ passages _of xJordan: and there fell at xthat xtime of he Ephraimites forty and two thou- sand.
7 And Jephthah judged «Israél six years. Then died Jephthah the Gilead- ite, and was_buried in one of the. cities_of Gilead.
8 And after him ¢ Ibzan of Beth-lehem judged -Israeél.
Jupa@ss XIII. 10.
9 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 -Israél seven years.
10 Then died Ibzan, and was_buried at Beth-lehem.
ll And after him e Elon, a xZebulon- ite, judged -Israél; and he judged eIsraél ten years.
22 And Elon the Zebulonite died, and was_buried in Aijalon in the_country_ of Zebulun.
3% And after him « Abdon the_son_of Hillel, a xPirathonite, judged -Israél.
14 And he had forty sons and thirty snephews, +that_rode on threescore and ten ass_colts: and he judged eight years. ‘
15 And Abdon the_son_of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was_buried in Pirathon in the_land_of Ephraim, in the_h mount_of the Amalekites,
1 AND the_schildren_of Israél did
xevil again in the_sight_of J the Lorp; and Jthe Lorp delivered them into the_hand_of the Philistines forty years.
2 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.
3 And the_angel_of Jthe Lorp ap- peared unto the woman, and said unto her, “Behold now, thoy art barren, and sbearest not: but thou «shalt_conceive, and *bear a son.
4 Now therefore -beware, I_pray_thee, and ‘drink not «wine nor “ strong_ drink, and reat not any unclean thing:
5 For, lo, thou shalt_conceive, and *bear a son; and no razor shall_come on his head: for the child shall_be a Nazarite_unto =God from the womb: and he shall_begin to deliver ~Israél out_of the_hand_of the Philistines.”
6 Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, “A ‘*man_of x=God came unto me, and his countenance was like the_countenance_of an angel_ of x=God, very terrible: but I asked him not whence he was, neither told he me his name:
7 But he said unto me, ‘Behold, thou shalt_conceive, and bear a son; and now drink no wwine nor ‘strong_ drink, neither teat any unclean thing: for the child shall_be a Nazarite_to =God from the womb to the_day_of his death.’”
8 Then Manoah intreated J the Lorn, and said, “AO_my =Lord, ‘let the_ *man_of x=God which Thou didst_send come again unto us, and teach us what we shall_do unto the child that shall_ be_born.”
9 And x=God hearkened to the_voice_ of Manoah; and the_angel_of x=God came again unto the woman as she
| 4sat in the field: but Manoah her hus-
band was not with her.
10 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.”
B.C. about 1137.
ELON. about 1130. e. Elon,Mag- nificent-
oak.
ABDON. about 1120. a. Abdon, Servile. 8. son’s sons,
about 1112,
h. hill_
country-_of. ISRAEL DE-
LIVERED TO
THE PHILIs-
TINES. about 1161,
8. Sons.
AN ANGEL APPEARS TO MANOAH'S
, WIFE.
i. Ish.
z. Zorah, Nest-of_ hornets.
m. Manoah,
est.
w.wine, Heb, yayin.
in, intoxi- cating_ drink, Heb. shecahr.
5. See Num. 6. 1-5.
i, ish.
w.wine, Heb. yayin.
in. intoxi- cating- drink, /7eb. shecahr.
MANOAH'S REQUEST. J. Jehovah. A. Adonahy, Sovereign Triune Lord,
THE ANGEL AGAIN APPEARS,
205
Jup@xzs XIII. 11,
B.C, about 1161.
7. ish,
the-man- ner-of th child, and his work?
vine. w.wine, Heb. yayin. in. intoxi-
p. prepare.
a. an as- cending- offering.
u, offer-it- up.
18.Gen.32.29. wo. wonder- ful, Heb. pele. THE ANGEL ASCENDS IN THE FLAME. 19. See ch. 6. 9-24
1 A 0. of the goats,
g. gift-offer- ing. ‘ u. Offered_it_
up.
w.a wonder- ful_thing.
21. Judg.6.22.
a. an as- cending- oTering.
g. gift_offer- ing.
SAMSON Born.
24. Sol. Song 6.1
s. Shimshon, Sun_like, Srom she- mesh, the
Petition.
SAMSON GOES TO TIMNATH. about 1141. t. Timnath, Portion_ assigned.
p. Philis- tines, Wal- lowers (in the
[ dust).
11 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, “E am.”
12 And Manoah said, “Now Het thy words come_to_pass. h How shall_we_ order the child, and how shall_we_do unto him?”
13 And the_angel_of Jthe Lorp said unto Manoah, “Of all that I said unto the woman 'let_her_beware.
14 She tmay not eat of any thing that ‘cometh of the i vine, neither 'let_her_ drink ~ wine or én strong_drink, nor teat any unclean thing: all that I com- manded her tlet_her_observe.”
15 And Manoah said unto the_angel_
‘lof Jthe Lorp, “I_pray_thee, ‘let_us_
detain thee, until we shall-have_made_ ready a kid ,0 for thee.”
16 And the_angel_of ‘the Lorp said unto Manoah, “Though thou ‘detain me, I will not eat of thy bread: and if thou wilt _poffer a «burnt _ offering, thou must_offer_it » unto J the Lorp.” For Manoah knew not that he was an angel_of ’ the Lorp.
17 And Manoah said unto: the_angel_ of ‘the Lorp, “What is thy name, that when thy sayings tcome_to_pass we may_do_thee_honour ?”
18 And the_angel_of ‘the Lorp said unto him, “Why taskest thou thus after my name, seeing it is wo secret?”
19 So Manoah took a@ rkid ,: with a gsmeat_ofering, and offered_it« upon a xrock unto J the Lorp: and the angel did «wondrously; and Manoah and his wife +looked_on.
20 For it came_to_pass, when the flame went_up toward x-heaven from off the altar, that the_angel_of J the Lorp ascended in the_flame_of the altar. And Manoah and his wife slooked_on it, and fell on their faces to_the ground.
21 But the_angel_of 4 the Lorp did no more appear to Manoah and to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was an angel-of J the Lorp.
And Manoah said unto his wife, “Weshall_surely die, because we -have_ seen =God.”
33 But his wife’said unto him, “If ‘the Lorp were_pleased to kill us, He would not have_received a «burnt_ offering and a 9 meat_offering at our hands, neither would He have_shewed us call these things, nor would as at_ this_time have_told us such things as these.”
24 And the woman bare a son, and called his “name sSamson: and the child grew, and J the Lorp blessed him.
25 And the_Spirit_of 4 the Lorp began to move him at times in the_camp_of Dan between z Zorah and ¢ Eshtaol.
1 AND Samson went_down to? Tim-
nath, and saw a woman in Tim- nath of the_daughters_of the p Philis- tines.
2 And he came_up, and told his father and his mother, and said, “I -have_seen a woman in Timnath of the_daughters_
206
_we have ? is 7¢ not so?”
Jupexrs XIV. 1
of the Philistities: now therefore -get| B.C. abou her for me to wife.” 1141.
8 Then his father and his mother said i unto him, “Js there never a woman among the dat soee rg a aan : or among all my peop! 2 agoest to take a wife of he uncircumcised Philistines?” And Samson said unto his father, “-Get her for me; for she i pleaseth me well.” é. isright
* But his father and his mother knew] in mine not that it was of ‘the Lorp, that he) oS; ovan +sought an occasion against Philis-|"~ tines: for at xthat «time the Philistines +had_dominion over Israél.
5 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. , ing_him,
6 And the_Spirit_of J the Lorp came_|6, Heb.11.3 mightily upon him, and he rent him as he would_haye_rent @ xkid, and he had nothing in his hand: but he told not he father or his mother -what he had_
one.
7 And he went_down, and talked with the worms ; and she «pleased Samson well.
8 And after a time he returned to| Honey 1
take her, and he turned_aside to see THE © the_carcase_of the lion: and, behold,| ©4™€4S® there was a swarm_of bees and honey : in the_carcase_of the lion. »
° And he took thereof in his hands, and went_on ¢ eating, and came to his|e. eating a fathef and mother, and he gave them,| he-was- — and they did_eat: but he told not them| ®°'"® that he had_taken the honey out_of the_carcase_of the lion. ;
10 So his father went_down unto the} Tue — woman: and Samson made there a} WEDDING Tena for so ‘used the young_men to_ ae
0.
11 And it came_to_pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty com- > panions to be with him.
12 And Samson said unto them, “I Sama
RIDD!
will now put_forth a riddle unto you: if ye can_certainly declare it me within | 12 the_seven days_of the feast, and -find_ it_out, then I -will_give you thirty Tsheets and thirty change_of garments:
18 But if ye cannot declare it me, a then ‘shall pe give me thirty /sheets and thirty change_of garments.” And they said unto him, “*Put_forth thy riddle, that we may_hear it.”
14 And he said unto them,
“Out_of the eater came_forth meat, And out_of the strong came_forth
: sweetness.”
And they could not in three days ex- pound the riddle.
15 And it came_to_pass on the seventh xday, that they said unto Samson’s wife, “-Entice thy “husband, that he may_ declare unto us -the riddle, lest we ‘burn thee and thy father’s ~house with xfire: -have ye called us to take that
16 And Samson’s wife wept before him, and said, “Thou -dost but hate me, and -lovest me not: thou shast_put_ forth a xriddle unto the_s children_of|s. my people, and shast not told it me.” And he said unto her, “ Behold; I -have
"ar 15
a i
B.C/about|not told it my father nor my mother,
u
and shall_I_tell it thee?”
W 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_ schildren_of her people.
18 And the_« men_ofthe city said unto him on the seventh xday before the sun went_down,
“What 2s sweeter than honey ?
And what zs stronger than a lion?” And he said unto them, “If ye had not ploughed with my heifer, ye had not found_out my riddle.”
19 And the_Spirit_of J/the Lorp came upon him, and he went_down to Ash- kelon, and slew thirty ‘men of them, and took their spoil, and gave xchange_ of_garments unto them _ which _ex- pounded the riddle. And his anger was_kindled, and he went_up to his -father’s house.
20 But Samson's wife was given to his companion, whom he had_used as his friend.
BUT it came_to_pass within a
while after, in the_time_of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his -wife . |With a kid .o: and he said, “I will_go_ in to my wife into the chamber.” But her father would not suffer him to go_
in. 2 And her father said,“I verily thought
that thou hadst_utterly hated her; |
therefore I gave her to thy companion : is not her younger sister fairer than she? ‘take her, I_pray_thee, instead_ of her.”
3 And Samson said concerning them, “th xNow shall_I_be_more _ blameless than the Philistines, though E +do them ea displeasure.”
4 And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took ‘ firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a “ fire- brand in the midst between two «tails.
5 And when he had_set the ‘brands on-fire, he let them go into the_stand- ing_corn_of the Philistines, and burnt_ up both the shocks, and also the stand- ing_corn, with the vineyards and olives.
6 Then the Philistines said, “Who shath_done this?” And they answered, “Samson, the_son_in_law_of the Tim- nite, because he had_taken his -wife, and given her to his companion.” And the Philistines came_up, and burnt her and her «father with «fire.
7And Samson said unto them,“Though ye thaye_done ,/this, yet -will_I_be_ avenged of you, and after that I_will_ cease.”
8 And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went_ down and dwelt in the_ctop_of the_ rock ¢ Etam.
® Then the Philistines went_up, and pitched in Judah, and spread_them- selves in le xLehi.
‘10 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 acas he -hath_ done to us.”
Jupexs XVI. ‘|
i Then three thousand ‘men_of|B.C.about Judah «went to the_ctop_of the_rock| 1140. Etam, and said to Samson, “-Knowest| w.went_ thou not that the Philistines are +rulers| down. over us? what is this that thou -hast_|* “left done unto us?” And he said unto them, “acAs they did unto me, so) ac. accord- -haye_I_done unto them.” | ing-as.
12 And they said unto him, “ We -are_ come_down to bind thee, that we_may_ deliver thee into the_hand_of f Philistines.” And Samson said unto them, “-Swear unto me, that ye will = ee 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 records, and’ r. or ropes. brought_him_up from the rock.
14 And when he came unto Lehi, the| Samson Philistines shouted «against him: and!/ _ Stays 4 the_Spirit_of the Lorp came_mightily | THOUSAND upon him, and the rcords that were|, ..
1 And he found a / new jawbone_of| ¢ fresh. an asass, and put_forth his hand, and | as. ass, Heb. took it, and slew a thousand ‘men) khamor.
therewith. ae 16 And Samson said, “With the_jawbone_of an as xass, |» heap, h-heaps upon t=heaps, Ehamor: With the_jaw_of an 4s xass -have_I_| t.two-_heaps, _ _ slain a thousand émen.” | — nora W And it came_to_pass, when he had_| ,“Ramath- made_an_end of speaking, that he cast_| Iehi, Lift- away the jawbone out_of his hand, and) ing-up-of a called «that xplace *Ramath-lehi. geet | 18 And he was sore athirst, and called | His Tairst | on !the Lorn, and said, “Ehow -hast_| QUENCHED. given «this xgreat «deliverance into the_ hand_of Thy servant: and now shall_I_ die for «thirst, and -fall into the_hand_ of the uncircumcised ?” 19 But =God clave @ Xhollow_place that was in ! the jaw, and there came /. Lehi, see water thereout; and when he had_| *-9- drunk, his spirit came_again, and he revived: wherefore he called the_name thereof e En-hakkoré, which is in xLehi|e. En hak- unto xthis xday. kore, Foun- 20 And he judged -Israél in the_days_| #in-of him | of the Philistines twenty years. rit
16 THEN went Samson to 9 Gaza, and saw there .+a harlot, and| Samson went_in unto her. Car
2 And it was told the Gazites, saying, seeoenered = “Samson -is_come hither.” And they} about 112.
compassed_him_in, and laid_wait for! g. Gaza,
him all xnight in the_gate_of the city,| Strong,For- and were_quiet all the night, saying,| Sted
“Tn the morning, when it is day, we]? j; sshall Kel him.” “heat eee
3 And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the_doors_ of the_gate_of the city, and the two posts, and went_away_with them, bar Fe and all, and put them upon his shoul-| peyrred. ders, and carried_them_up to the_top_!s sorek Ten- ot ey that is before Hebron. dril (of the
nd-it came_to_pass. afterwa: vine).
that he loved a woman in the valtey of Tore sSorek, whose name was ¢ Delilah. ing.
B.C. about 1120. p. princes.
i. inner. chamber.
| ae. accord- ing-as.
AND NEW ROPES.
w. where- with work hath not been-done.
THE WEB AND THE PIN.
17. Ch, 13. 5.
a. Heb. ahdahm.
Pp. princes,
JupgsEs XVI. 5.
5 And the_plords_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 tmay-_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.”
6 And Delilah said to Samson, “-Tell me, I_pray.thee, wherein thy great strength Uieth, and wherewith thou tmightest_be_bound to afflict thee.”
7 And Samson said unto her, “If they tbind me with seven green withs that were never dried, then ‘shall_I_be_weak, and «be as ¢ another * man.”
8 Then the_vlords_of the Philistines brought_up to her seven green withs which had not been_dried, and she ‘bound him with them.
9 Now there were *+men-_lying_in_ wait, abiding with her in the ‘chamber. And she said unto him, “7he Philistines be upon thee, Samson.” And he brake «the withs, «cas a thread_of xtow ‘is_ broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known.
10 And Delilah said unto Samson, “Behold, thou shast_mocked me, and told me lies: now -tell me, 1_pray_thee, wherewith thou mightest_be_bound.”
ll And he said mnto her, “If they bind me fast with new ropes that never were_occupied, then -shall_I_be_ weak, and -be as o another « xman.”
1 Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, “Z'he Philistines be upon thee, Samson.” And there were xliers_ in_wait abiding in the ‘chamber. And he brake them from off his arms like a xthread.
13 And Delilah said unto Samson, “Hitherto thou -hast_mocked me, and told me lies: -tell me wherewith thou mightest_be_bound.” And he said unto her, “If thou 'weavest -the_seven_locks_ of my head with the web.”
14 And she fastened 7t 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.
145 And she said unto him, “ How ‘eanst_thou_say, ‘I -love thee,’ when
- |thine heart is not with me? thou shast_
mocked me these three times, and hast ng joie me wherein thy great strength teth.”
16 And it came_to_pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was_vexed unto death ;
17 That he told her all his heart, and said unto her, “There -hath not come arazor upon mine head; for £ have been a Nazarite_unto =God from my mother’s womb: if I -be_shaven, then my strength -will_go from me, and I
*shall_become_weak, and -be like any other « xman.”
18 And when Delilah saw that he had_ told her -all his heart, she sent and called for the_p lords_of the Philistines, saying, “-Come_up this once, for he shath_shewed me call his heart.” Then the_plords_of the Philistines -came_
ir hand.
19 And she made-him_sleep upon her | si. silver.
knees ; and she called for a ‘man, and she caused _him.to_shave_off-the_seven locks_of his head; and she began to anne him, and his strength went from
im. ,
20 And she said, “The Philistines b. 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 Lorp was_departed from him.
21 But the Philistines took him, and put_out his -eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with xfetters_of_brass ; and-he did_grind in the prison house.
22 Howbeit the_hair_of his head be- gan to grow_again after he was_ shaven.
2% Then the_p lords_of the Philistines gathered_them_together for to sa offer a great sacrifice unto ¢ Dagon their =god, and to rejoice: for they said, “Our =god shath_delivered -Samson our enemy into our hand.”
24 And when the people saw him, pay | praised their -=god: for they said, “Our =god shath delivered into our hands our renemy, and -the_destroyer_ of our country, which slew many_of us.”
2% And it came_to_pass, when their hearts were_merry, that they said, “sCall for Samson, that he may_make us sport.” And they called for Samson out_of the prison house ; and he made bthem sport: and they set him be- tween the pillars.
26 And Samson said unto the lad}:
xithat held him by the hand, “+Suffer me that I ‘may_feel -the pillars where- upon the house ‘4standeth, that I may_lean upon them.”
27 Now the house was_full_of « xmen and xwomen; and all the_r lords_of the Philistines were there; and there were upon the roof about three thou- sand ‘men and women, «that beheld while Samson made_sport.
28 And Samson called unto4 the Lorn, and said, “O_4=Lord J Gop, sremember me, I_pray_Thee, and sstrengthen me, I_pray_Thee, only xthis xonce, O_=God, that I may_be at_once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.”
29 And Samson took_hold of the two xmiddle 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.
30 And Samson said, “‘Let me die P
with the Philistines.” And he bowed_ himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the p 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.
31 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 «Israél twenty years.
208
Jupeus XVI. up unto her, and brought sixmoney in| B.C. the’ 1
al 120.
i. ish.
SAMSON'S -
LAST VIcTORY, p. princes, — sa. sacrifice.
d. Dagon, Large-fish,
:
q 4
b. before them.
i. isesta- blished.
@. anah- shim.
é. ish,
A.J. Ad6- nahy Jeho- vah.
| Jupers XVII. 1. B.C. about AND there was a‘ man of! mount 1406. 17 Ephrai
si. silver.
F. filled the- hand_of.
whose name was m Micah. *
2 And he said unto his mother, “The -|eleven hundred_shekels_of silver that
were_taken from thee, about which thou
cursedst, and spakest_of also in mine *lears, behold, the silver is with me; £ took it.” And his mother said, “Blessed be thou of Jthe Lorp, my son.” :
8 And when he had_restored eleven hundred _shekels_of xsilver to his mother, his mother said, “I had_ _|wholly dedicated -the silver unto / the
Lorp from my hand for my son, to
make a graven_image and a molten_
image: now therefore I will_restore it unto thee.”
4 Yet he restored -the simoney unto his mother; and his mother took two_ hundred_shekels_of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven_image and a molten juegos and they were in the_house_of Micah.
5 And the ‘man Micah had a house_ of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and fconsecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.
6 In xthose xdays there was no king in Israél, but ‘every_man ‘did that which was right in his_own eyes.
7 And there was a young_man out_of Beth-lehem-judah of the _family_of Judah, tho was a Levite, and he so- journed there.
8 And the ‘man departed out_of the city from Beth-lehem-judah to sojourn where he could find @ place: and he came to #mount Ephraim to the_ house_of Micah, as he journeyed.
’ And Micah said unto him, “Whence Feomest thou?” And he said unto him, “E am a Levite of Beth-lehem- judah, and £ +go to sojourn where I may-_find @ place.”
10 And Micah said unto him, “+Dwell with me, and -be unto me a father and a priest, and £ will_give thee ten_shekels_of silver by the year,and a suit_of apparel, and thy victuals.” So the Levite went_in.
im And the Levite was_content to dwell with the ‘man; and the young_ man was unto him as one of his sons.
1% And Micah / consecrated the Le- vite; and the young_man became his priest, and was in the_house_of Micah.
18 Then said Micah, “Now -know I that ! the Lorp will_do me good, seeing I -have a xLevite to my priest.”
THE Dsvite.
18 IN xthose xdays there was no
king in Israél: and in xthose xdays the_tribe_of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell_in; for unto xthat xday all their inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes_of Israél.
2 And the_s children_of Dan sent of their family five *men from their bcoasts, smen_of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy_out «the land,
and to search it: and they said unto
them, “-Go, -search -the land:” who . |when they came_to * mount Ephraim,
JupaGxEs XVIII. 17.
to the_house_of Micah, they lodged| B.C. about there. 1406. 3 When thep were by the_house_of
Micah, thep knew -the_voice_of the aS. young_man the Levite: and they| covERED.
turned_in thither, and said unto him, “Who brought thee hither? and what damakest tho in this place ? and what hast thou here?”
+ And he said unto them, “Thus and thus -dealeth Micah with me, and hath_ hired me, and I am his priest.” -
® 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.”
6 And the priest said unto them, “-Go in peace: before Jthe Lorp is J. Jehovah. your way wherein ye 'go.” |
7 Then the five « xmen departed, and REPORT oF came to /Laish, and saw -the -people, THE SPIEs. that were therein, how they dwelt care- less, after the_manner_of the Zidonians, ; quiet and secure; and there was no) Lion. pP Magistrate in the land, +that_might_ ?- Possessor- put_them_to_shame in anything; and| °!Testraint. thep were far from the Zidonians, and! had no de business with any « man. de. dealings.
8 And they came unto their brethren) @ #hdahm. to Zorah and Eshtaol; and their breth-| ren said unto them, “ What say pe?” |
° And they said, “Arise, that we may_ go_up_against them ; for we-:have_seen | the land, and, behold, it 7s very good : and are pe still? tbe not slothful to go, and to enter to possess the land.
10 When ye go, ye shall.come unto a people secure, and to a large xland: for} =God -hath_given it into your hands; a} place where there is no want_of any thing that is in the earth.”
11 And there went from tlrence of the_ family_of the Danites, out_of Zorah and out-of Eshtaol, six hundred ‘men’, ish gappointed with weapons_of war. |g. girded.
1 And they went_up, and pitched in, Kirjath-jearim, in Judah: wherefore} they called that place » Mahaneh-dan m. Maha- unto xthis day: behold, it is behind} nek Date Kirjath-jearim. eae
13 And they passed thence unto h mount Ephraim, and came unto the_ house_of Micah.
d. doest.
| =God, Elohim.
Six Hun- DRED MEN | GO UP.
14 Then answered the five ©xmen Tuey ComE |
xsthat went to spy_out Laish, and said unto their brethren,| HQUs? oF
“'Do_ye_know that there_is in xthese| xhouses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven_image, and a molten_image ? io8 therefore -consider what-ye thave_ to_do.”
1s And they turned thitherward, and came to the_house_of the young_man the Levite, even unto the_house_of| Micah, and saluted him.
16 And the six. hundred ‘men gap-|i. ish. pointed with their weapons_of war,|/- sirded. which were of the_schildren_of Dan, |s. sons. stood by the_entering_of the gate.
7 And the five «xmen that went to|@ anah- spy_out -the land went_up, and came_} shim. in thither, and took -the graven_im- age, and «the ephod, and the teraphim, and «the molten_image : and the priest stood in the_entering_of the gate with the six hundred ‘men that were 9 ap- pointed with weapons_of xwar.
209
B.C. about 1406.
gr. graven image.
b. baggage.
MICAH AND
HIS NEIGH- BOURS.
@. anah-
shim.
c. called-to-
yether.
. sons.
m. men bit- ter-of soul.
so. soul.
so. souls.
8. Sons.
LAISH SMITTEN.
d. dealings. a, ahdabm.
MICAH'S IMAGE SET UP.
$8, SONS.
THE LEVITE AND HIS CONCUBINE. h. the-hill. country_of.
Jup@rs XVIII. 18.
18 And these went_into Micah’s house, and fetched «the grcarved_image, the ephod, and +the teraphim, and -the molten_image. Then said the priest unto them, “ What «do pe?”
19 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: 7s it better for thee to be a priest unto the_house_of one iman, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israél?”
20 And the priest’s heart was glad, and he took «the ephod, and phim, and -the graven_image, and went in the_midst_of the people.
21 So they turned and departed, and put “the little_ones and the ? carriage before them.
2 And when thep were a good_way from the_house_of Micah, the «men that were in the houses near to Micah’s house were_cgathered_together, and overtook -the_s children_of Dan.
2% And they cried unto the-_s chil- dren_of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said unto Micah, “What aileth thee, that thou -comest_with_ such_a_company ?”
24 And he said, “ Ye -have_taken_away my «gods which I made, and -the priest, and ye are_gone_away: and what have I more ?. and what is this that ye tsay unto me, ‘ What aileth thee ?’”
2% And the_*children_of Dan said unto him, “'Let not thy voice be_heard among us, lest angry fellows trun upon thee, and thou «lose thy *° life, with the_so lives_of thy household.”
26 And the_schildren_of Dan went their way: and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went_back unto his house.
27 And thep took the things -which Micah had_made, and -the priest which he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people that were at_quiet and secure: and they smote them with the_edge_of the sword, and burnt -the city with xfire.
28 And there was no deliverer, because it was far from Zidon, and they had no dbusiness with any «man; and it was in the valley that lieth by Beth-rehob. And they built a xcity, and dwelt there-
in.
29 And they called the_name_of the city Dan, after the_name_of Dan their father, who was_born unto Israél : how- beit the-name_of the city was Laish at the first.
30 And the“schildren_of Dan set_up -the graven_image: and Jonathan, the_ son_of Gershom, the_son_of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the_ tribe_of Dan until the_day_of the_cap- tivity_of the land.
31 And they set them up Micah’s rgraven_image, which he made, all the_ time_that the_-house_of x=God was in
Shiloh.
19 AND it came_to_pass in ~those «days, when there was no king
in Israél, that there was a certain Levite
sojourning on the_side_of mount
JupeEs XIX.
che.
months, HE Gors ‘ETCH
t. to her heart. —
3 And her husband arose, and went after her, to speak ‘friendly unto her, and to bring_her_again, having his ser- vant with him, and a couple_of asses: and she brought him into her father’s house: and when the_father_of the co saw him, he rejoiced to meet
im.
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.
5 And it came_to_pass on the fourth| Her Far xday, when they arose_early in the| #8 Der. morning, that he rose_up to depart:| ™™% and the damsel’s father said unto his son_in_law, “st*Comfort thine heart with a morsel_of bread, and afterward 'go_your_way.”
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.” 3 to
7 And when the ‘man rose_w ‘ depart, his father_in_law urged him: ‘eta therefore he ! lodged there again. night.
8 And he arose_early in the morning| _ON THE _ on the fifth xday to depart: and the| Firm Dax
damsel’s father said, “st-Comfort thine / t.
heart, I_pray_thee.” And they xtarried . to a
until afternoon, and they did_eat both_ of_them. THEY Co) TO - 1. lodge.
9% And when the ‘man rose_w night.
st. stre! en.
i. ish.
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 thome.”
10 But the ‘man would not tarry_ that_night, but he rose_up and de- parted, and came over against Jebus, which is Jerusalem; and there were with him two asses saddled, his con- cubine also was with him.
11 And when thep 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.”
12 And his master said unto him, “We will not turn_aside hither into the_city_of a stranger, that is not of the_s children_of Israél; we -will_pass_ over to Gibeah.”
13 And he said unto his servant, Come, and let_us_draw_near to one_ of these places to -lodge_all_night, in xGibeah, or in xRamah,”
14 And they passed_on and went_ their_way; and the sun went_down upon them when they were by xGibeah, which belongeth to Benjamin.
15 And they turned_aside thither, to go_in an@ to lodge in xGibeah: and
s sons,
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i. the-hill- ‘country-of. |but the.@men_of the place were Ben- @. anab-
THE
CONCUBINE
ABUSED.
t. the- matter_of | this folly.
e. entrance, Heb. peth- akh.
28. Ch. 20. 5.
|B.C.about|when he went_in, he sat_him_down in
a street_of the city: for there was no iman that_took them into his house to lodging.
16 And, behold, there came an old tman from his work out_of the field at xeven, which was also of #mount Eph- raim; and he sojourned in xGibeah:
jamites.
17 And when he had_lifted_up his eyes, he saw @ xwayfaring 7*man in the_ street_of the city: and the old ¢xman said, “ Whither'goestthou ? and whence tcomest thou?”
18 And he said unto him, “@ée are passing from Beth-lehem-judah toward the_side_of *mount Ephraim; from thence am £: and I went to Beth- lehem-judah, but E am now going to -the_house_of Jthe Lorp; and there is no tman -that_receiveth me to house.
19 Yet there is both straw and pro- vender for our asses; and there is bread and wine also for me, and for thy hand- maid, and for the young_man which is with thy servants: there is no want_of any thing.”
20 And the old 7xman said, “ Peace be with thee; howsoever Jet all thy wants lie upon me; only tlodge not in the street.”
21 So he brought him into his house, and gave_provender unto the asses: and they washed their feet, and did_eat
jand drink.
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.”
23 And the iman, 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 xthis «xman is_come into mine house, do not xthis *folly.
24 Behold, here is my daughter a xmaiden, and his concubine; them I will_bring_out now, and humble ye them, and -do with them what seemeth good unto you: but unto xthis xman do not ‘so vile a thing.”
25 But the «men would not hearken to him: so the ‘man took his concu- bine, and brought her forth unto them; and they knew Iter, and abused her all the night until the morning: and when the day began to spring, they let_her_
0.
2% Then came the woman in the_ dawning_of the day, and fell-down at the_e door_of the iman’s house where her lord was, till it was'light.
27 And her lord rose_up in the morn- ing, and opened the_doors_of the house, and went_out to go his way: and, be- hold, the woman his concubine was_ fallen_down at the_¢ door_of the house, and her hands were upon the threshold.
28 And he said unto her, “Up, and let_us_be_going.” But none answered. Then the ‘man took her wp upon an
JUDGES
ass, and the ‘man rose_up, and gat him unto his place,
22 And when he was_come into his house, he took a knife, and Jaid hold on his concubine, and divided her, together with her bones, into twelve pieces, and sent her into all the? coast_ of Israél.
30 And it -was_so, that all xthat saw_ it said, “There was no xsuch deed done nor seen from the day that the_schil- dren_of Israél came_up out_of the_ land_of Egypt unto xthis xday: -con- sider of it, ‘take_advice, and «speak
your minds.”
2 THEN all the_s children_of Israél went_out, and the congregation
was _ gathered _together as one «man,
from Dan even to Beer-sheba, with the_
land_of xGilead, unto the Lorp in
xMizpeh.
2 And the_chief-of all the people, even of all the_tribes_of Israél, presented_ themselves in the_assembly_of the_ people_of x=God, four hundred thou- sand footmen +that_drew sword.
3 (Now the_schildren_of Benjamin heard that the_schildren_of Israél were_gone_up to xMizpeh.) Then said the_s children_of Israel, “*Tell ws, how was xthis xwickedness ?”
4 And ,tthe Levite, the_husband_of the woman that was_slain, answered and said, “I came into xGibeah that
‘| belongeth to Benjamin, £ and my con-
cubine, to lodge.
6 And the-mmen_of xGibeah rose against me, and beset “the house round_ about upon me by_night, and thought to have_slain nie: and my -coneubine shave_they_forced, that she is_dead.
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 lewd- ness and folly in Israél.
7 Behold, ye are all schildren_of Israél; «give here your advice and counsel.”
8 And all the people arose as one tman, saying, “We will not any of us go to his tent, neither will we any of us turn into his house.
9 But now this shall be the thin which we will_do to xGibeah; we will go up by lot against it ;
10 And we -will_take ten “men of a xhundred throughout all the_tribes_of Israél, and a hundred of a xthousand, and a thousand out_of xten_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 shave_wrought in Israél.”
il So all the_tmen_of Israél were_ gathered against the city, knit_together as one 7man.
2 And the_tribes_of Israél sent «men through all the_tribe_of Benjamin, saying, “What wickedness 7s xthis that *is_done among you ?
13 Now therefore ‘deliver ws -the @men, the_s children_of Belial, which are in xGibeah, that we may _put-