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Israel, also named Jacob, was the son of Isaac, the father of the twelve tribes of Israel, and a key patriarch of the Jewish people.

The name Israel means “who prevails with God”

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Summary

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Genesis 25:26; referred to as Israel (Aramiac יִשְׂרָאֵל), Jacob (יַעֲקֹב), Jeshurun (יְשֻׁרוּן), Israelite (יִשְׂרְאֵלִי), Israelitess (יִשְׂרְאֵלִית), Israelite (Ἰσραήλ), Jacob (Ἰακώβ), or Israel (Ἰσραηλίτης); son of Isaac and Rebekah; a brother of Esau; husband of Rachel and Leah, with concubines Zilpah and Bilhah; father of Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Dinah, Joseph and Benjamin.

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Jacob was the younger twin son of Isaac and Rebekah. He struggled with his twin brother Esau in the womb and was born holding Esau’s heel (Genesis 25:21–26). God told Rebekah that the boys symbolized two nations and that the older son would serve the younger (Genesis 25:23).

Isaac favored Esau, who loved the outdoors, while Rebekah preferred Jacob, who enjoyed staying at home. One day, Esau came back very hungry from hunting, and Jacob traded him some red stew for his inheritance rights (Genesis 25:27–34; see Hebrews 12:16). Later, Isaac asked Esau to prepare wild game for him to eat so he could bless him (Genesis 27:1–4; compare 25:28). However, Rebekah sent Jacob to trick Isaac into giving him the blessing instead, and her plan worked (Genesis 27:5–29). Jacob's deception was soon discovered (Genesis 27:30–35). But legally, valid blessings were unchangeable promises (27:33). So Isaac gave Esau a lesser blessing (Genesis 27:36–40). Esau planned to kill Jacob (27:41). Rebekah persuaded Isaac to send Jacob to her brother Laban so Jacob could marry within the family (Genesis 27:42–46).

Isaac gave the covenant promises to Jacob and sent him to Haran (Genesis 28:1–5). On the way, God appeared to Jacob in a dream and confirmed the promises of land and descendants given to Abraham and Isaac (Genesis 28:10–15). Jacob worshiped the Lord and named the place Bethel, meaning "house of God."

In Haran, Jacob worked for his uncle Laban (Genesis 29–31). Jacob loved Laban's daughter Rachel and worked seven years to marry her. However, Laban tricked him by giving him his older daughter Leah on the wedding night. Jacob then worked another seven years for Rachel and six more years to build his own flocks (Genesis 30:25–43; see also 31:38–42). Despite many challenges, he had thirteen children and became very wealthy.

After twenty years, God told Jacob to return to Canaan (Genesis 31:3). Jacob feared Laban and his sons (Genesis 31:1–2). So, he organized his caravan and left while Laban was away (31:4–21). Laban chased after him, but God stopped him from harming Jacob (Genesis 31:22–24, 29). Instead, Laban scolded Jacob for leaving secretly and accused him of stealing his idols (Genesis 31:25–30). Jacob allowed Laban to search his tents, but the idols were not found (Genesis 31:33–35). Jacob then became angry (Genesis 31:36–42). Although their conflict was unresolved, the two men made a peace agreement (Genesis 31:43–54). The location became a lasting boundary between Israel and Aram.

Jacob now faced Esau and God. When Esau came with four hundred men, Jacob asked for God's protection and sent gifts to make peace with his brother, whom he had not seen for many years (Genesis 32:3–21). That night, in an event symbolizing his life, Jacob wrestled with a man who dislocated his hip and gave him the blessing he wanted (Genesis 32:22–32). God also changed his name to Israel, meaning "God fights."

In the morning, Jacob met Esau, and they reconciled (Genesis 33:1–11). Esau was kind and forgiving, and Jacob shared some of his blessings. Esau then returned to Seir, while Jacob continued to Canaan. In Shechem, Jacob bought land and built an altar (Genesis 33:18–20). He then moved to Bethel and removed all foreign idols from his household (Genesis 35:1–8). God reaffirmed Jacob's new name, Israel, and renewed his promises of land and descendants (Genesis 35:9–15).

Jacob favored Rachel and her son Joseph (Genesis 37:1–3). Joseph's brothers grew jealous and hated him. Joseph's dreams made them angrier (Genesis 37:4–11), so they sold him as a slave (Genesis 37:12–28). For over twenty years, Jacob thought Joseph was dead. Jacob only learned Joseph was alive after sending Benjamin to Egypt with Judah. Joseph then helped his family during the famine (Genesis 43:1–14; 45:24–28). Jacob felt renewed and moved to Egypt. He joyfully reunited with Joseph in Goshen (Genesis 46:28–30) and thrived for seventeen more years.

When Jacob was near death at age 147, he planned for his family's future. He made Joseph promise to bury him in Canaan (Genesis 47:29–31; 49:29–32). He gave Joseph’s sons his main blessing and placed Ephraim, the younger son, first (Genesis 48:1–20). He assured the family they would return to Canaan (Genesis 48:21–22). Then he blessed each of his sons and predicted the future of their descendants (Genesis 49:1–28). He died and was buried in the cave of Machpelah, accompanied by his sons and a large Egyptian procession (Genesis 49:33–50:13). His death marked the end of the patriarchal age and the start of Israel’s growth as a nation in Egypt until they returned to live in the promised land (see Exodus—Joshua).

The name "Jacob" became another name for the nation of Israel (see Numbers 23:7, 21; 24:5; Hosea 12:2). God called the nation to serve him as their ancestors did (Hosea 12:3–14). He promised Israel the same love he showed Jacob (Malachi 1:2). He also promised that a powerful leader would come from Jacob's descendants (Genesis 49:8–12; Numbers 24:17–19).

Passages for Further Study

Genesis 25:19–34; 27:1–35:29; 37:1–35; 42:1–4, 29–38; 43:1–13; 45:25–50:14; Exodus 1:1–5; Numbers 23:7–10, 20–23; 24:5–9, 17–19; Deuteronomy 26:5; Joshua 24:4, 32; Hosea 12:2–14; Malachi 1:2; John 4:5–6, 12; Acts 7:8–16; Romans 9:10–13; Hebrews 11:8–9, 20–21

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Father

Isaac

Mother

Rebekah

Spouse

Bilhah Leah Rachel Zilpah

Siblings

Esau

Children

Asher Benjamin Dan Dinah Gad Issachar Joseph Judah Levi Naphtali Reuben Simeon Zebulun

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3,504 verses

Includes 926 verses that refer to Israel without naming them, as “he”, “she”, or the subject of a verb.

  1. Judges 6:3יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east would come up and invade them,
  2. Judges 6:4יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    …encamping against them as far as Gaza and destroying the produce of the land. They left Israel with no sustenance, neither sheep nor oxen nor donkeys.
  3. Judges 6:6יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Israel was greatly impoverished by Midian, and the Israelites cried out to the LORD.
  4. Judges 6:7יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Now when the Israelites cried out to the LORD because of Midian,
  5. Judges 6:8יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    He sent them a prophet, who told them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I brought you up out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
  6. Judges 6:9Referred to, not named
    I delivered you out of the hands of Egypt and all your oppressors. I drove them out before you and gave you their land.
  7. Judges 6:10Referred to, not named
    And I said to you: ‘I am the LORD your God. You must not fear the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell.’ But you did not obey Me.”
  8. Judges 6:14יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    The LORD turned to him and said, “Go in the strength you have and save Israel from the hand of Midian. Am I not sending you?”
  9. Judges 6:15יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    “Please, my Lord,” Gideon replied, “how can I save Israel? Indeed, my clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the youngest in my father’s house.”
  10. Judges 6:36יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Then Gideon said to God, “If You are going to save Israel by my hand, as You have said,
  11. Judges 6:37יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    …then behold, I will place a fleece of wool on the threshing floor. If there is dew only on the fleece and all the ground is dry, then I will know that You are going to save Israel by my hand, as You have said.”
  12. Judges 7:2יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Then the LORD said to Gideon, “You have too many men for Me to deliver Midian into their hands, lest Israel glorify themselves over Me, saying, ‘My own hand has saved me.’
  13. Judges 7:8יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    So Gideon sent the rest of the Israelites to their tents but kept the three hundred men, who took charge of the provisions and rams’ horns of the others. And the camp of Midian lay below him in the valley.
  14. Judges 7:14יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    His friend replied: “This is nothing less than the sword of Gideon son of Joash, the Israelite. God has delivered Midian and the whole camp into his hand.”
  15. Judges 7:15יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    When Gideon heard the dream and its interpretation, he bowed in worship. He returned to the camp of Israel and said, “Get up, for the LORD has delivered the camp of Midian into your hand.”
  16. Judges 7:23יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Then the men of Israel were called out from Naphtali, Asher, and all Manasseh, and they pursued the Midianites.
  17. Judges 8:22יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Then the Israelites said to Gideon, “Rule over us—you and your son and grandson—for you have saved us from the hand of Midian.”
  18. Judges 8:27יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    From all this Gideon made an ephod, which he placed in Ophrah, his hometown. But soon all Israel prostituted themselves by worshiping it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and his household.
  19. Judges 8:28יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    In this way Midian was subdued before the Israelites and did not raise its head again. So the land had rest for forty years in the days of Gideon,
  20. Judges 8:33יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    And as soon as Gideon was dead, the Israelites turned and prostituted themselves with the Baals, and they set up Baal-berith as their god.
  21. Judges 8:34יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    The Israelites failed to remember the LORD their God who had delivered them from the hands of all their enemies on every side.
  22. Judges 8:35יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    They did not show kindness to the house of Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) for all the good things he had done for Israel.
  23. Judges 9:22יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    After Abimelech had reigned over Israel for three years,
  24. Judges 9:55יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    And when the Israelites saw that Abimelech was dead, they all went home.
  25. Judges 10:1יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    After the time of Abimelech, a man of Issachar, Tola son of Puah, the son of Dodo, rose up to save Israel. He lived in Shamir, in the hill country of Ephraim.
  26. Judges 10:2יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Tola judged Israel twenty-three years, and when he died, he was buried in Shamir.
  27. Judges 10:3יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Tola was followed by Jair the Gileadite, who judged Israel twenty-two years.
  28. Judges 10:6יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    And again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. They served the Baals, the Ashtoreths, the gods of Aram, Sidon, and Moab, and the gods of the Ammonites and Philistines. Thus they forsook the LORD and did not serve Him.
  29. Judges 10:7יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hands of the Philistines and Ammonites,
  30. Judges 10:8יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    …who that very year harassed and oppressed the Israelites, and they did so for eighteen years to all the Israelites on the other side of the Jordan in Gilead, the land of the Amorites.
  31. Judges 10:9יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    The Ammonites also crossed the Jordan to fight against Judah, Benjamin, and the house of Ephraim, and Israel was in deep distress.
  32. Judges 10:10יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, saying, “We have sinned against You, for we have indeed forsaken our God and served the Baals.”
  33. Judges 10:11יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    The LORD replied, “When the Egyptians, Amorites, Ammonites, Philistines,
  34. Judges 10:15יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    “We have sinned,” the Israelites said to the LORD. “Deal with us as You see fit; but please deliver us today!”
  35. Judges 10:16יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD, and He could no longer bear the misery of Israel.
  36. Judges 10:17יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Then the Ammonites were called to arms and camped in Gilead, and the Israelites assembled and camped at Mizpah.
  37. Judges 11:4יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Some time later, when the Ammonites fought against Israel
  38. Judges 11:5יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    …and made war with them, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob.
  39. Judges 11:13יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    The king of the Ammonites answered Jephthah’s messengers, “When Israel came up out of Egypt, they seized my land, from the Arnon to the Jabbok and all the way to the Jordan. Now, therefore, restore it peaceably.”
  40. Judges 11:15יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    …to tell him, “This is what Jephthah says: Israel did not take away the land of Moab or of the Ammonites.
  41. Judges 11:16יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    But when Israel came up out of Egypt, they traveled through the wilderness to the Red Sea and came to Kadesh.
  42. Judges 11:17יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, ‘Please let us pass through your land,’ but the king of Edom would not listen. They also sent messengers to the king of Moab, but he would not consent. So Israel stayed in Kadesh.
  43. Judges 11:18Referred to, not named
    Then Israel traveled through the wilderness and bypassed the lands of Edom and Moab. They came to the east side of the land of Moab and camped on the other side of the Arnon. But they did not enter the territory of Moab, since the Arnon was its border.
  44. Judges 11:19יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    And Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon, and said to him, ‘Please let us pass through your land into our own place.’
  45. Judges 11:20יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    But Sihon would not trust Israel to pass through his territory. So he gathered all his people, encamped in Jahaz, and fought with Israel.
  46. Judges 11:21יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Then the LORD, the God of Israel, delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, who defeated them. So Israel took possession of all the land of the Amorites who inhabited that country,
  47. Judges 11:22Referred to, not named
    …seizing all the land from the Arnon to the Jabbok and from the wilderness to the Jordan.
  48. Judges 11:23יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Now since the LORD, the God of Israel, has driven out the Amorites from before His people Israel, should you now possess it?
  49. Judges 11:25יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Are you now so much better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever contend with Israel or fight against them?
  50. Judges 11:26יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    For three hundred years Israel has lived in Heshbon, Aroer, and their villages, as well as all the cities along the banks of the Arnon. Why did you not take them back during that time?
  51. Judges 11:27יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    I have not sinned against you, but you have done me wrong by waging war against me. May the LORD, the Judge, decide today between the Israelites and the Ammonites.”
  52. Judges 11:33יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    With a great blow he devastated twenty cities from Aroer to the vicinity of Minnith, as far as Abel-keramim. So the Ammonites were subdued before the Israelites.
  53. Judges 11:39יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    After two months, she returned to her father, and he did to her as he had vowed. And she had never had relations with a man. So it has become a custom in Israel
  54. Judges 11:40יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    …that each year the young women of Israel go out for four days to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite.
  55. Judges 12:7יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Jephthah judged Israel six years, and when he died, he was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.
  56. Judges 12:8יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    After Jephthah, Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.
  57. Judges 12:9יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    He had thirty sons, as well as thirty daughters whom he gave in marriage to men outside his clan; and for his sons he brought back thirty wives from elsewhere. Ibzan judged Israel seven years.
  58. Judges 12:11יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    After Ibzan, Elon the Zebulunite judged Israel ten years.
  59. Judges 12:13יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    After Elon, Abdon son of Hillel, from Pirathon, judged Israel.
  60. Judges 12:14יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy donkeys. And he judged Israel eight years.
  61. Judges 13:1יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD, so He delivered them into the hand of the Philistines for forty years.
  62. Judges 13:5יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    For behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son. And no razor shall touch his head, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from the womb, and he will begin the deliverance of Israel from the hand of the Philistines.”
  63. Judges 14:4יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    (Now his father and mother did not know this was from the LORD, who was seeking an occasion to move against the Philistines; for at that time the Philistines were ruling over Israel.)
  64. Judges 15:20יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    And Samson judged Israel for twenty years in the days of the Philistines.
  65. Judges 16:31יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Then Samson’s brothers and his father’s family came down, carried him back, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of his father Manoah. And he had judged Israel twenty years.
  66. Judges 17:6יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.
  67. Judges 18:1יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    In those days there was no king in Israel, and the tribe of the Danites was looking for territory to occupy. For up to that time they had not come into an inheritance among the tribes of Israel.
  68. Judges 18:19יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    “Be quiet,” they told him. “Put your hand over your mouth and come with us and be a father and a priest to us. Is it better for you to be a priest for the house of one person or a priest for a tribe and family in Israel?”
  69. Judges 18:29יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    They named it Dan, after their forefather Dan, who was born to Israel—though the city was formerly named Laish.
  70. Judges 19:1יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Now in those days, when there was no king in Israel, a Levite who lived in the remote hill country of Ephraim took for himself a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.
  71. Judges 19:12יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    But his master replied, “We will not turn aside to the city of foreigners, where there are no Israelites. We will go on to Gibeah.”
  72. Judges 19:29יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    When he reached his house, he picked up a knife, took hold of his concubine, cut her limb by limb into twelve pieces, and sent her throughout the territory of Israel.
  73. Judges 19:30יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    And everyone who saw it said, “Nothing like this has been seen or done from the day the Israelites came out of the land of Egypt until this day. Think it over, take counsel, and speak up!”
  74. Judges 20:1יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Then all the Israelites from Dan to Beersheba and from the land of Gilead came out, and the congregation assembled as one man before the LORD at Mizpah.
  75. Judges 20:2יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    The leaders of all the people and all the tribes of Israel presented themselves in the assembly of God’s people: 400,000 men on foot, armed with swords.
  76. Judges 20:3יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    (Meanwhile the Benjamites heard that the Israelites had gone up to Mizpah.) And the Israelites asked, “Tell us, how did this wicked thing happen?”
  77. Judges 20:6יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Then I took my concubine, cut her into pieces, and sent her throughout the land of Israel’s inheritance, because they had committed a lewd and disgraceful act in Israel.
  78. Judges 20:7יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Behold, all you Israelites, give your advice and verdict here and now.”
  79. Judges 20:10יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    We will take ten men out of every hundred from all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred out of every thousand, and a thousand out of every ten thousand, to supply provisions for the army when they go to Gibeah in Benjamin to punish them for the atrocity they have committed in Israel.”
  80. Judges 20:11יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    So all the men of Israel gathered as one man, united against the city.
  81. Judges 20:12יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    And the tribes of Israel sent men throughout the tribe of Benjamin, saying, “What is this wickedness that has occurred among you?
  82. Judges 20:13יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Hand over the wicked men of Gibeah so we can put them to death and purge Israel of this evil.” But the Benjamites refused to heed the voice of their fellow Israelites.
  83. Judges 20:14יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    And from their cities they came together at Gibeah to go out and fight against the Israelites.
  84. Judges 20:17יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    The Israelites, apart from Benjamin, mobilized 400,000 swordsmen, each one an experienced warrior.
  85. Judges 20:18יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    The Israelites set out, went up to Bethel, and inquired of God, “Who of us shall go up first to fight against the Benjamites?” “Judah will be first,” the LORD replied.
  86. Judges 20:19יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    The next morning the Israelites set out and camped near Gibeah.
  87. Judges 20:20יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    And the men of Israel went out to fight against Benjamin and took up their battle positions at Gibeah.
  88. Judges 20:21יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    And the Benjamites came out of Gibeah and cut down 22,000 Israelites on the battlefield that day.
  89. Judges 20:22יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    But the Israelite army took courage and again took their battle positions in the same place where they had arrayed themselves on the first day.
  90. Judges 20:23יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    They went up and wept before the LORD until evening, inquiring of Him, “Should we again draw near for battle against our brothers the Benjamites?” And the LORD answered, “Go up against them.”
  91. Judges 20:24יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    On the second day the Israelites advanced against the Benjamites.
  92. Judges 20:25יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    That same day the Benjamites came out against them from Gibeah and cut down another 18,000 Israelites, all of them armed with swords.
  93. Judges 20:26יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Then the Israelites, all the people, went up to Bethel, where they sat weeping before the LORD. That day they fasted until evening and presented burnt offerings and peace offerings to the LORD.
  94. Judges 20:27יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    And the Israelites inquired of the LORD. (In those days the ark of the covenant of God was there,
  95. Judges 20:29יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    So Israel set up an ambush around Gibeah.
  96. Judges 20:30יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    On the third day the Israelites went up against the Benjamites and arrayed themselves against Gibeah as they had done before.
  97. Judges 20:31יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    The Benjamites came out against them and were drawn away from the city. They began to attack the people as before, killing about thirty men of Israel in the fields and on the roads, one of which led up to Bethel and the other to Gibeah.
  98. Judges 20:32יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    “We are defeating them as before,” said the Benjamites. But the Israelites said, “Let us retreat and draw them away from the city onto the roads.”
  99. Judges 20:33יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    So all the men of Israel got up from their places and arrayed themselves at Baal-tamar, and the Israelites in ambush charged from their positions west of Gibeah.
  100. Judges 20:34יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Then 10,000 select men from all Israel made a frontal assault against Gibeah, and the battle was fierce. But the Benjamites did not realize that disaster was upon them.