We be twelve H8147 H6240 brothers, H251 sons H1121 of our father; H1 one H259 is not, and the youngest H6996 is this day H3117 with our father H1 in the land H776 of Canaan. H3667

And the LORD H3068 smote H5062 Benjamin H1144 before H6440 Israel: H3478 and the children H1121 of Israel H3478 destroyed H7843 of the Benjamites H1145 that day H3117 twenty H6242 and five H2568 thousand H505 and an hundred H3967 men: H376 all H3605 these H428 drew the sword. H2719

And the children H1121 of Israel H3478 repented H5162 them for Benjamin H1144 their brother, H251 and said, H559 There is one H259 tribe H7626 cut H1438 off from Israel H3478 this day. H3117

And they said, H559 What H4310 one H259 is there of the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478 that came H5927 not up to Mizpeh H4709 to the LORD? H3068 And, behold, H2009 there came H935 none H3808 H376 to the camp H4264 from Jabeshgilead H3003 H1568 to the assembly. H6951

And the congregation H5712 sent H7971 thither H8033 twelve H8147 H6240 thousand H505 men H376 of the most valiant, H1121 H2428 and commanded H6680 them, saying, H559 Go H3212 and smite H5221 the inhabitants H3427 of Jabeshgilead H3003 H1568 with the edge H6310 of the sword, H2719 with the women H802 and the children. H2945

And they found H4672 among the inhabitants H3427 of Jabeshgilead H3003 H1568 four H702 hundred H3967 young H5291 virgins, H1330 that had known H3045 no H3808 man H376 by lying H4904 with any male: H2145 and they brought H935 them to the camp H4264 to Shiloh, H7887 which H834 is in the land H776 of Canaan. H3667

And Benjamin H1144 came H7725 again H7725 at that time; H6256 and they gave H5414 them wives H802 which H834 they had saved H2421 alive H2421 of the women H802 of Jabeshgilead: H3003 H1568 and yet so H3651 they sufficed H4672 them not.

Then the elders H2205 of the congregation H5712 said, H559 How H4100 shall we do H6213 for wives H802 for them that remain, H3498 seeing H3588 the women H802 are destroyed H8045 out of Benjamin? H1144

However, we may H3201 not give H5414 them wives H802 of our daughters: H1323 for the children H1121 of Israel H3478 have sworn, H7650 saying, H559 Cursed H779 be he that gives H5414 a wife H802 to Benjamin. H1144

Therefore they commanded H6680 the children H1121 of Benjamin, H1144 saying, H559 Go H3212 and lie in wait H693 in the vineyards; H3754

And it shall be, when H3588 their fathers H1 or H176 their brothers H251 come H935 to us to complain, H7378 that we will say H559 to them, Be favorable H2603 to them for our sakes: because H3588 we reserved H3947 not to each man H376 his wife H802 in the war: H4421 for you did not give H5414 to them at this time, H6256 that you should be guilty. H816

And the children H1121 of Israel H3478 departed H1980 there H8033 at that time, H6256 every man H376 to his tribe H7626 and to his family, H4940 and they went H3318 out from there H8033 every man H376 to his inheritance. H5159

And Saul H7586 answered H6030 and said, H559 Am not I a Benjamite, H1145 of the smallest H6996 of the tribes H7626 of Israel? H3478 and my family H4940 the least H6810 of all H3605 the families H4940 of the tribe H7626 of Benjamin? H1144 why H4100 then speak H1696 you so H1697 to me?

And there came H935 of the children H1121 of Benjamin H1144 and Judah H3063 to the hold H4679 to David. H1732

And of the children H1121 of Benjamin, H1144 the kindred H251 of Saul, H7586 three H7969 thousand: H505 for till now H5704 H2008 the greatest H4768 part of them had kept H8104 the ward H4931 of the house H1004 of Saul. H7586

And David H1732 gathered H6950 all H3605 Israel H3478 together to Jerusalem, H3389 to bring H5927 up the ark H727 of the LORD H3068 to his place, H4725 which H834 he had prepared H3559 for it.

The ninth H8671 captain for the ninth H8671 month H2320 was Abiezer H44 the Anetothite, H6069 of the Benjamites: H1145 and in his course H4256 were twenty H6242 and four H702 thousand. H505

The princes H5081 of the people H5971 are gathered H622 together, H3162 even the people H5971 of the God H430 of Abraham: H85 for the shields H4043 of the earth H776 belong to God: H430 he is greatly H3966 exalted. H5927

Gilead H1568 is mine, and Manasseh H4519 is mine; Ephraim H669 also is the strength H4581 of my head; H7218 Judah H3063 is my lawgiver; H2710

The envy H7068 also of Ephraim H669 shall depart, H5493 and the adversaries H6887 of Judah H3063 shall be cut H3772 off: Ephraim H669 shall not envy H7065 Judah, H3063 and Judah H3063 shall not vex H6887 Ephraim. H669

Say H1696 to them, Thus H3541 said H559 the Lord H136 GOD; H3069 Behold, H2009 I will take H3947 the stick H6086 of Joseph, H3130 which H834 is in the hand H3027 of Ephraim, H669 and the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478 his fellows, H2270 and will put H5414 them with him, even H853 with the stick H6086 of Judah, H3063 and make H6213 them one H259 stick, H6086 and they shall be one H259 in my hand. H3027

And say H1696 to them, Thus H3541 said H559 the Lord H136 GOD; H3069 Behold, H2009 I will take H3947 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 from among H996 the heathen, H1471 where H834 H8033 they be gone, H1980 and will gather H6908 them on every H5437 side, H5439 and bring H935 them into H413 their own land: H127

Neither H3808 shall they defile H2930 themselves any more H5750 with their idols, H1544 nor with their detestable H8251 things, nor with any H3605 of their transgressions: H6588 but I will save H3467 them out of all H3605 their dwelling places, H4186 wherein H834 they have sinned, H2398 and will cleanse H2891 them: so shall they be my people, H5971 and I will be their God. H430

And they shall dwell H3427 in the land H776 that I have given H5414 to Jacob H3290 my servant, H5650 wherein H834 your fathers H1 have dwelled; H3427 and they shall dwell H3427 therein, even they, and their children, H1121 and their children's H1121 children H1121 for ever: H5769 and my servant H5650 David H1732 shall be their prince H5387 for ever. H5769

My tabernacle H4908 also shall be with them: yes, I will be their God, H430 and they shall be my people. H5971