## Judges Chapter 20

###### Judges 20:1
[Judges 20:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Judges/r/20:1)

וַיֵּצְאוּ֮ כׇּל־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵל֒ וַתִּקָּהֵ֨ל הָעֵדָ֜ה כְּאִ֣ישׁ אֶחָ֗ד לְמִדָּן֙ וְעַד־בְּאֵ֣ר שֶׁ֔בַע וְאֶ֖רֶץ הַגִּלְעָ֑ד אֶל־יְהֹוָ֖ה הַמִּצְפָּֽה׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
All the Bnei Yisroel went out. The community gathered as a single man, from Dan to B'er Sheva, and the territory of Gilod, before Adonoy at Mitzpah.


###### Judges 20:2
[Judges 20:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Judges/r/20:2)

וַיִּֽתְיַצְּב֞וּ פִּנּ֣וֹת כׇּל־הָעָ֗ם כֹּ֚ל שִׁבְטֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל בִּקְהַ֖ל עַ֣ם הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים אַרְבַּ֨ע מֵא֥וֹת אֶ֛לֶף אִ֥ישׁ רַגְלִ֖י שֹׁ֥לֵֽף־חָֽרֶב׃{פ}

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
They presented themselves—the leaders of the entire people—all the tribes of Yisroel, in the assembly of the people of God, Four hundred thousand sabre wielding infantrymen.


###### Judges 20:3
[Judges 20:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Judges/r/20:3)

וַֽיִּשְׁמְעוּ֙ בְּנֵ֣י בִנְיָמִ֔ן כִּֽי־עָל֥וּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל הַמִּצְפָּ֑ה וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל דַּבְּר֕וּ אֵיכָ֥ה נִהְיְתָ֖ה הָרָעָ֥ה הַזֹּֽאת׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
The sons of Binyomin heard that the Bnei Yisroel had ascended to Mitzpah. The Bnei Yisroel said, "Speak up, how did this evil occur?"


###### Judges 20:4
[Judges 20:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Judges/r/20:4)

וַיַּ֜עַן הָאִ֣ישׁ הַלֵּוִ֗י אִ֛ישׁ הָאִשָּׁ֥ה הַנִּרְצָחָ֖ה וַיֹּאמַ֑ר הַגִּבְעָ֙תָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לְבִנְיָמִ֔ן בָּ֛אתִי אֲנִ֥י וּפִילַגְשִׁ֖י לָלֽוּן׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
The Levite man answered—the husband of the murdered woman, saying, "I arrived at Givoh of Binyomin I and my concubine, to spend the night."


###### Judges 20:5
[Judges 20:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Judges/r/20:5)

וַיָּקֻ֤מוּ עָלַי֙ בַּעֲלֵ֣י הַגִּבְעָ֔ה וַיָּסֹ֧בּוּ עָלַ֛י אֶת־הַבַּ֖יִת לָ֑יְלָה אוֹתִי֙ דִּמּ֣וּ לַהֲרֹ֔ג וְאֶת־פִּילַגְשִׁ֥י עִנּ֖וּ וַתָּמֹֽת׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
The householders of Givoh rose against me, and encircled the house against me at night. They thought they would murder me, and they tortured my concubine to death.


###### Judges 20:6
[Judges 20:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Judges/r/20:6)

וָאֹחֵ֤ז בְּפִֽילַגְשִׁי֙ וָֽאֲנַתְּחֶ֔הָ וָֽאֲשַׁלְּחֶ֔הָ בְּכׇל־שְׂדֵ֖ה נַחֲלַ֣ת יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל כִּ֥י עָשׂ֛וּ זִמָּ֥ה וּנְבָלָ֖ה בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
I took hold of my concubine, dismembered her, and sent her to every estate in the inheritance of Yisroel, for they behaved promiscuously and loathsomely in Yisroel.


###### Judges 20:7
[Judges 20:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Judges/r/20:7)

הִנֵּ֥ה כֻלְּכֶ֖ם בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל הָב֥וּ לָכֶ֛ם דָּבָ֥ר וְעֵצָ֖ה הֲלֹֽם׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
Here you are, all of you, Bnei Yisroel, Come up with a proclamation, with a plan, here!"


###### Judges 20:8
[Judges 20:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Judges/r/20:8)

וַיָּ֙קׇם֙ כׇּל־הָעָ֔ם כְּאִ֥ישׁ אֶחָ֖ד לֵאמֹ֑ר לֹ֤א נֵלֵךְ֙ אִ֣ישׁ לְאׇהֳל֔וֹ וְלֹ֥א נָס֖וּר אִ֥ישׁ לְבֵיתֽוֹ׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
All the people rose as a single man, exclaiming, "Not a man among us shall proceed to his tent, nor a man among us return to his home!


###### Judges 20:9
[Judges 20:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Judges/r/20:9)

וְעַתָּ֕ה זֶ֣ה הַדָּבָ֔ר אֲשֶׁ֥ר נַעֲשֶׂ֖ה לַגִּבְעָ֑ה עָלֶ֖יהָ בְּגוֹרָֽל׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
This is the action we shall now take with Givoh; we shall draw lots against them.


###### Judges 20:10
[Judges 20:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Judges/r/20:10)

וְלָקַ֣חְנוּ עֲשָׂרָה֩ אֲנָשִׁ֨ים לַמֵּאָ֜ה לְכֹ֣ל**׀** שִׁבְטֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל וּמֵאָ֤ה לָאֶ֙לֶף֙ וְאֶ֣לֶף לָֽרְבָבָ֔ה לָקַ֥חַת צֵדָ֖ה לָעָ֑ם לַעֲשׂ֗וֹת לְבוֹאָם֙ לְגֶ֣בַע בִּנְיָמִ֔ן כְּכׇ֨ל־הַנְּבָלָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשָׂ֖ה בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
We shall select ten men from a hundred, of all the tribes of Yisroel; a hundred from a thousand, and a thousand from ten thousand, to supply the people with provisions when taking action in their engagement with Geva of Binyomin, as befits their entirely loathsome conduct in Yisroel."


###### Judges 20:11
[Judges 20:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Judges/r/20:11)

וַיֵּאָסֵ֞ף כׇּל־אִ֤ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אֶל־הָעִ֔יר כְּאִ֥ישׁ אֶחָ֖ד חֲבֵרִֽים׃{פ}

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
All the men in Yisroel mobilized at the city, as one man, as comrades.


###### Judges 20:12
[Judges 20:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Judges/r/20:12)

וַֽיִּשְׁלְח֞וּ שִׁבְטֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אֲנָשִׁ֔ים בְּכׇל־שִׁבְטֵ֥י בִנְיָמִ֖ן לֵאמֹ֑ר מָ֚ה הָרָעָ֣ה הַזֹּ֔את אֲשֶׁ֥ר נִהְיְתָ֖ה בָּכֶֽם׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
The tribes of Yisroel dispatched men to all the tribes of Binyomin, saying, "What is this evil that took place in your midst?


###### Judges 20:13
[Judges 20:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Judges/r/20:13)

וְעַתָּ֡ה תְּנוּ֩ אֶת־הָאֲנָשִׁ֨ים בְּנֵי־בְלִיַּ֜עַל אֲשֶׁ֤ר בַּגִּבְעָה֙ וּנְמִיתֵ֔ם וּנְבַעֲרָ֥ה רָעָ֖ה מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְלֹ֤א אָבוּ֙ [בְּנֵ֣י] בִנְיָמִ֔ן לִשְׁמֹ֕עַ בְּק֖וֹל אֲחֵיהֶ֥ם בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
Now, hand over the scoundrels in Givoh, so that we may execute them, and eradicate evil from Yisroel." But the sons of Binyomin refused to pay heed to the call of their brothers, the Bnei Yisroel.


###### Judges 20:14
[Judges 20:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Judges/r/20:14)

וַיֵּאָסְפ֧וּ בְנֵֽי־בִנְיָמִ֛ן מִן־הֶעָרִ֖ים הַגִּבְעָ֑תָה לָצֵ֥את לַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה עִם־בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
The sons of Binyomin mobilized from the cities to Givoh, in order to go to war against the Bnei Yisroel.


###### Judges 20:15
[Judges 20:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Judges/r/20:15)

וַיִּתְפָּֽקְדוּ֩ בְנֵ֨י בִנְיָמִ֜ן בַּיּ֤וֹם הַהוּא֙ מֵהֶ֣עָרִ֔ים עֶשְׂרִ֨ים וְשִׁשָּׁ֥ה אֶ֛לֶף אִ֖ישׁ שֹׁ֣לֵֽף חָ֑רֶב לְ֠בַ֠ד מִיֹּשְׁבֵ֤י הַגִּבְעָה֙ הִתְפָּ֣קְד֔וּ שְׁבַ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת אִ֥ישׁ בָּחֽוּר׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
The sons of Binyomin were counted that day. From the cities: twenty six thousand sabre wielding troops, aside from the inhabitants of Givoh, who numbered seven hundred elite troops.


###### Judges 20:16
[Judges 20:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Judges/r/20:16)

מִכֹּ֣ל**׀** הָעָ֣ם הַזֶּ֗ה שְׁבַ֤ע מֵאוֹת֙ אִ֣ישׁ בָּח֔וּר אִטֵּ֖ר יַד־יְמִינ֑וֹ כׇּל־זֶ֗ה קֹלֵ֧עַ בָּאֶ֛בֶן אֶל־הַֽשַּׂעֲרָ֖ה וְלֹ֥א יַחֲטִֽא׃{פ}

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
Of all these people, there were seven hundred elite troops with shriveled right hands. Each of them could hurl a stone at a hair and not miss.


###### Judges 20:17
[Judges 20:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Judges/r/20:17)

וְאִ֨ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל הִתְפָּֽקְד֗וּ לְבַד֙ מִבִּנְיָמִ֔ן אַרְבַּ֨ע מֵא֥וֹת אֶ֛לֶף אִ֖ישׁ שֹׁ֣לֵֽף חָ֑רֶב כׇּל־זֶ֖ה אִ֥ישׁ מִלְחָמָֽה׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
The Yisroelite troops were counted, aside from Binyomin: four hundred thousand sabre wielding troops, all of them warriors.


###### Judges 20:18
[Judges 20:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Judges/r/20:18)

וַיָּקֻ֜מוּ וַיַּעֲל֣וּ בֵֽית־אֵל֮ וַיִּשְׁאֲל֣וּ בֵאלֹהִים֒ וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל מִ֚י יַעֲלֶה־לָּ֣נוּ בַתְּחִלָּ֔ה לַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה עִם־בְּנֵ֣י בִנְיָמִ֑ן וַיֹּ֥אמֶר יְהֹוָ֖ה יְהוּדָ֥ה בַתְּחִלָּֽה׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
They rose, ascended to Beis El, and inquired of God. The Bnei Yisroel said, "Who shall be the first to go up for us to wage war against the sons of Binyomin?" Adonoy replied, "Yehudah first."


###### Judges 20:19
[Judges 20:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Judges/r/20:19)

וַיָּק֥וּמוּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בַּבֹּ֑קֶר וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ עַל־הַגִּבְעָֽה׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
The Bnei Yisroel arose in the morning, and camped against Givoh.


###### Judges 20:20
[Judges 20:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Judges/r/20:20)

וַיֵּצֵא֙ אִ֣ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה עִם־בִּנְיָמִ֑ן וַיַּעַרְכ֨וּ אִתָּ֧ם אִֽישׁ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל מִלְחָמָ֖ה אֶל־הַגִּבְעָֽה׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
The Yisroelite troops advanced to engage in battle with Binyomin. The Yisroelite troops deployed in battle formation against them at Givoh.


###### Judges 20:21
[Judges 20:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Judges/r/20:21)

וַיֵּצְא֥וּ בְנֵי־בִנְיָמִ֖ן מִן־הַגִּבְעָ֑ה וַיַּשְׁחִ֨יתוּ בְיִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֗וּא שְׁנַ֨יִם וְעֶשְׂרִ֥ים אֶ֛לֶף אִ֖ישׁ אָֽרְצָה׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
The sons of Binyomin advanced from Givoh. That day they crushed, among the Yisroelites, twenty-two thousand men to the ground.


###### Judges 20:22
[Judges 20:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Judges/r/20:22)

וַיִּתְחַזֵּ֥ק הָעָ֖ם אִ֣ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיֹּסִ֙פוּ֙ לַעֲרֹ֣ךְ מִלְחָמָ֔ה בַּמָּק֕וֹם אֲשֶׁר־עָ֥רְכוּ שָׁ֖ם בַּיּ֥וֹם הָרִאשֽׁוֹן׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
The people—the Yisroelite men—took courage, and again deployed in battle formation, in the area where they had deployed on the first day.


###### Judges 20:23
[Judges 20:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Judges/r/20:23)

וַיַּעֲל֣וּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל וַיִּבְכּ֣וּ לִפְנֵי־יְהֹוָה֮ עַד־הָעֶ֒רֶב֒ וַיִּשְׁאֲל֤וּ בַֽיהֹוָה֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר הַאוֹסִ֗יף לָגֶ֙שֶׁת֙ לַמִּלְחָמָ֔ה עִם־בְּנֵ֥י בִנְיָמִ֖ן אָחִ֑י וַיֹּ֥אמֶר יְהֹוָ֖ה עֲל֥וּ אֵלָֽיו׃{פ}

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
The Bnei Yisroel ascended, and wept before Adonoy until evening. They inquired of Adonoy, saying, "Shall I further engage in warfare with the sons of my brother Binyomin?" Adonoy replied, "Go up against him."


###### Judges 20:24
[Judges 20:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Judges/r/20:24)

וַיִּקְרְב֧וּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל אֶל־בְּנֵ֥י בִנְיָמִ֖ן בַּיּ֥וֹם הַשֵּׁנִֽי׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
The Bnei Yisroel advanced toward the sons of Binyomin on the second day.


###### Judges 20:25
[Judges 20:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Judges/r/20:25)

וַיֵּצֵא֩ בִנְיָמִ֨ן׀לִקְרָאתָ֥ם׀מִֽן־הַגִּבְעָה֮ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשֵּׁנִי֒ וַיַּשְׁחִ֩יתוּ֩ בִבְנֵ֨י יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל ע֗וֹד שְׁמֹנַ֨ת עָשָׂ֥ר אֶ֛לֶף אִ֖ישׁ אָ֑רְצָה כׇּל־אֵ֖לֶּה שֹׁ֥לְפֵי חָֽרֶב׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
Binyomin went forth toward them from Givoh on the second day. They crushed, of the Bnei Yisroel, an additional eighteen thousand men to the ground. All of them were sabre wielders.


###### Judges 20:26
[Judges 20:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Judges/r/20:26)

וַיַּעֲל֣וּ כׇל־בְּנֵי֩ יִשְׂרָאֵ֨ל וְכׇל־הָעָ֜ם וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ בֵֽית־אֵ֗ל וַיִּבְכּוּ֙ וַיֵּ֤שְׁבוּ שָׁם֙ לִפְנֵ֣י יְהֹוָ֔ה וַיָּצ֥וּמוּ בַיּוֹם־הַה֖וּא עַד־הָעָ֑רֶב וַֽיַּעֲל֛וּ עֹל֥וֹת וּשְׁלָמִ֖ים לִפְנֵ֥י יְהֹוָֽה׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
All of the Bnei Yisroel ascended—all the people—and arrived at Beis El. They wept, and sat there before Adonoy. They fasted that day until evening, and brought *olah* and *shelamim* offerings before Adonoy.


###### Judges 20:27
[Judges 20:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Judges/r/20:27)

וַיִּשְׁאֲל֥וּ בְנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בַּיהֹוָ֑ה וְשָׁ֗ם אֲרוֹן֙ בְּרִ֣ית הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים בַּיָּמִ֖ים הָהֵֽם׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
The Bnei Yisroel inquired of Adonoy. The ark of God's covenant was there in those days.


###### Judges 20:28
[Judges 20:28](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Judges/r/20:28)

וּ֠פִֽינְחָ֠ס בֶּן־אֶלְעָזָ֨ר בֶּֽן־אַהֲרֹ֜ן עֹמֵ֣ד**׀** לְפָנָ֗יו בַּיָּמִ֣ים הָהֵם֮ לֵאמֹר֒ הַאוֹסִ֨ף ע֜וֹד לָצֵ֧את לַמִּלְחָמָ֛ה עִם־בְּנֵֽי־בִנְיָמִ֥ן אָחִ֖י אִם־אֶחְדָּ֑ל וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהֹוָה֙ עֲל֔וּ כִּ֥י מָחָ֖ר אֶתְּנֶ֥נּוּ בְיָדֶֽךָ׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
Pinchas ben Elazar ben Aharon stood before it in those days. Saying, "Shall I proceed again to wage war against the sons of my brother Binyomin, or shall I desist?" Adonoy replied, "Ascend, for tomorrow I shall deliver them into your hand."


###### Judges 20:29
[Judges 20:29](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Judges/r/20:29)

וַיָּ֤שֶׂם יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אֹֽרְבִ֔ים אֶל־הַגִּבְעָ֖ה סָבִֽיב׃{פ}

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
The Yisroelites positioned ambushers around the periphery of Givoh.


###### Judges 20:30
[Judges 20:30](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Judges/r/20:30)

וַיַּעֲל֧וּ בְנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל אֶל־בְּנֵ֥י בִנְיָמִ֖ן בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֑י וַיַּעַרְכ֥וּ אֶל־הַגִּבְעָ֖ה כְּפַ֥עַם בְּפָֽעַם׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
Then the Bnei Yisroel ascended toward the Bnei Binyomin on the third day. They deployed their formations against Givoh as always.


###### Judges 20:31
[Judges 20:31](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Judges/r/20:31)

וַיֵּצְא֤וּ בְנֵֽי־בִנְיָמִן֙ לִקְרַ֣את הָעָ֔ם הׇנְתְּק֖וּ מִן־הָעִ֑יר וַיָּחֵ֡לּוּ לְהַכּוֹת֩ מֵהָעָ֨ם חֲלָלִ֜ים כְּפַ֣עַם**׀** בְּפַ֗עַם בַּֽמְסִלּוֹת֙ אֲשֶׁ֨ר אַחַ֜ת עֹלָ֣ה בֵֽית־אֵ֗ל וְאַחַ֤ת גִּבְעָ֙תָה֙ בַּשָּׂדֶ֔ה כִּשְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים אִ֖ישׁ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
The Bnei Binyomin went forth toward the people, and were drawn from the city. They began inflicting casualties among the people, as always, at the highways where one road ascended to Beis El, and another to Givoh. In that field, [they slew] thirty Yisroelite troops.


###### Judges 20:32
[Judges 20:32](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Judges/r/20:32)

וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ בְּנֵ֣י בִנְיָמִ֔ן נִגָּפִ֥ים הֵ֛ם לְפָנֵ֖ינוּ כְּבָרִֽאשֹׁנָ֑ה וּבְנֵ֧י יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל אָמְר֗וּ נָנ֙וּסָה֙ וּֽנְתַקְּנ֔וּהוּ מִן־הָעִ֖יר אֶל־הַֽמְסִלּֽוֹת׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
The Bnei Binyomin exclaimed, "They are crumbling before us, as before!" But the Bnei Yisroel said, "Let us flee, and draw them from the city, toward the highways."


###### Judges 20:33
[Judges 20:33](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Judges/r/20:33)

וְכֹ֣ל**׀** אִ֣ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל קָ֚מוּ מִמְּקוֹמ֔וֹ וַיַּעַרְכ֖וּ בְּבַ֣עַל תָּמָ֑ר וְאֹרֵ֧ב יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל מֵגִ֥יחַ מִמְּקֹמ֖וֹ מִמַּ֥עֲרֵה גָֽבַע׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
All the Yisroelite troops rose from their positions, and reorganized at Baal Tomor, while the Yisroel ambushers poured from their positions at Maareh Gov'ah.


###### Judges 20:34
[Judges 20:34](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Judges/r/20:34)

וַיָּבֹ֩אוּ֩ מִנֶּ֨גֶד לַגִּבְעָ֜ה עֲשֶׂ֩רֶת֩ אֲלָפִ֨ים אִ֤ישׁ בָּחוּר֙ מִכׇּל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְהַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה כָּבֵ֑דָה וְהֵם֙ לֹ֣א יָדְע֔וּ כִּי־נֹגַ֥עַת עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם הָרָעָֽה׃{פ}

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
They advanced from across Givoh, ten thousand elite troops from all Yisroel—while the battle raged. They [the Binyomites] were oblivious that disaster loomed against them.


###### Judges 20:35
[Judges 20:35](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Judges/r/20:35)

וַיִּגֹּ֨ף יְהֹוָ֥ה׀אֶֽת־בִּנְיָמִן֮ לִפְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵל֒ וַיַּשְׁחִ֩יתוּ֩ בְנֵ֨י יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל בְּבִנְיָמִן֙ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֔וּא עֶשְׂרִ֨ים וַחֲמִשָּׁ֥ה אֶ֛לֶף וּמֵאָ֖ה אִ֑ישׁ כׇּל־אֵ֖לֶּה שֹׁ֥לֵֽף־חָֽרֶב׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
Adonoy shattered Binyomin before Yisroel. The Bnei Yisroel annihilated, of Binyomin, on that day, twenty five thousand, one hundred troops, all of them sabre wielders.


###### Judges 20:36
[Judges 20:36](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Judges/r/20:36)

וַיִּרְא֥וּ בְנֵֽי־בִנְיָמִ֖ן כִּ֣י נִגָּ֑פוּ וַיִּתְּנ֨וּ אִֽישׁ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל מָקוֹם֙ לְבִנְיָמִ֔ן כִּ֤י בָֽטְחוּ֙ אֶל־הָ֣אֹרֵ֔ב אֲשֶׁר־שָׂ֖מוּ אֶל־הַגִּבְעָֽה׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
The Bnei Binyomin realized that they were shattered. The Yisroelite troops gave ground to Binyomin, since they relied on the ambushers whom they had positioned at Givoh.


###### Judges 20:37
[Judges 20:37](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Judges/r/20:37)

וְהָאֹרֵ֣ב הֵחִ֔ישׁוּ וַֽיִּפְשְׁט֖וּ אֶל־הַגִּבְעָ֑ה וַיִּמְשֹׁךְ֙ הָאֹרֵ֔ב וַיַּ֥ךְ אֶת־כׇּל־הָעִ֖יר לְפִי־חָֽרֶב׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
The ambushers charged, and fanned out toward Givoh. The ambushers sounded the signal, and struck down the entire city by the sword.


###### Judges 20:38
[Judges 20:38](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Judges/r/20:38)

וְהַמּוֹעֵ֗ד הָיָ֛ה לְאִ֥ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל עִם־הָאֹרֵ֑ב הֶ֕רֶב לְהַעֲלוֹתָ֛ם מַשְׂאַ֥ת הֶעָשָׁ֖ן מִן־הָעִֽיר׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
A time frame was pre-arranged between the Yisroelite troops and the ambushers: when they would raise continuous clouds of smoke from the city.


###### Judges 20:39
[Judges 20:39](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Judges/r/20:39)

וַיַּהֲפֹ֥ךְ אִֽישׁ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בַּמִּלְחָמָ֑ה וּבִנְיָמִ֡ן הֵחֵל֩ לְהַכּ֨וֹת חֲלָלִ֤ים בְּאִֽישׁ־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ כִּשְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים אִ֔ישׁ כִּ֣י אָֽמְר֔וּ אַךְ֩ נִגּ֨וֹף נִגָּ֥ף הוּא֙ לְפָנֵ֔ינוּ כַּמִּלְחָמָ֖ה הָרִאשֹׁנָֽה׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
The Yisroelite troops retreated during the battle, and Binyomin began inflicting casualties among the Yisroelite troops, about thirty men, for they exclaimed, "They are crumbling before us, just as in the first battle."


###### Judges 20:40
[Judges 20:40](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Judges/r/20:40)

וְהַמַּשְׂאֵ֗ת הֵחֵ֛לָּה לַעֲל֥וֹת מִן־הָעִ֖יר עַמּ֣וּד עָשָׁ֑ן וַיִּ֤פֶן בִּנְיָמִן֙ אַחֲרָ֔יו וְהִנֵּ֛ה עָלָ֥ה כְלִיל־הָעִ֖יר הַשָּׁמָֽיְמָה׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
Then the cloud began to rise from the city—a column of smoke. Binyomin turned around, and the entire city had gone up heavenward.


###### Judges 20:41
[Judges 20:41](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Judges/r/20:41)

וְאִ֤ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ הָפַ֔ךְ וַיִּבָּהֵ֖ל אִ֣ישׁ בִּנְיָמִ֑ן כִּ֣י רָאָ֔ה כִּֽי־נָגְעָ֥ה עָלָ֖יו הָרָעָֽה׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
The Yisroelite troops reversed position. The Binyominite troops were appalled, as they realized that catastrophe was descending upon them.


###### Judges 20:42
[Judges 20:42](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Judges/r/20:42)

וַיִּפְנ֞וּ לִפְנֵ֨י אִ֤ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אֶל־דֶּ֣רֶךְ הַמִּדְבָּ֔ר וְהַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה הִדְבִּיקָ֑תְהוּ וַֽאֲשֶׁר֙ מֵהֶ֣עָרִ֔ים מַשְׁחִיתִ֥ים אוֹת֖וֹ בְּתוֹכֽוֹ׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
They turned from the Yisroelite troops toward the desert route, but the battle engulfed them; while those in the city demolished it from within.


###### Judges 20:43
[Judges 20:43](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Judges/r/20:43)

כִּתְּר֤וּ אֶת־בִּנְיָמִן֙ הִרְדִיפֻ֔הוּ מְנוּחָ֖ה הִדְרִיכֻ֑הוּ עַ֛ד נֹ֥כַח הַגִּבְעָ֖ה מִמִּזְרַח־שָֽׁמֶשׁ׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
They enveloped [lit. crowned] Binyomin, called for their pursuit, and intercepted them at rest, up to the area facing Givoh to the east.


###### Judges 20:44
[Judges 20:44](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Judges/r/20:44)

וַֽיִּפְּלוּ֙ מִבִּנְיָמִ֔ן שְׁמֹנָֽה־עָשָׂ֥ר אֶ֖לֶף אִ֑ישׁ אֶת־כׇּל־אֵ֖לֶּה אַנְשֵׁי־חָֽיִל׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
There fell, from Binyomin, eighteen thousand troops, all of them powerful warriors.


###### Judges 20:45
[Judges 20:45](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Judges/r/20:45)

וַיִּפְנ֞וּ וַיָּנֻ֤סוּ הַמִּדְבָּ֙רָה֙ אֶל־סֶ֣לַע הָרִמּ֔וֹן וַיְעֹלְלֻ֙הוּ֙ בַּֽמְסִלּ֔וֹת חֲמֵ֥שֶׁת אֲלָפִ֖ים אִ֑ישׁ וַיַּדְבִּ֤יקוּ אַֽחֲרָיו֙ עַד־גִּדְעֹ֔ם וַיַּכּ֥וּ מִמֶּ֖נּוּ אַלְפַּ֥יִם אִֽישׁ׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
They turned, and fled toward the wilderness, rock of Rimon, but they gleaned them along the way—five thousand troops. They intercepted their flanks until Gid'om, striking down, of them, two thousand troops.


###### Judges 20:46
[Judges 20:46](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Judges/r/20:46)

וַיְהִי֩ כׇל־הַנֹּ֨פְלִ֜ים מִבִּנְיָמִ֗ן עֶשְׂרִים֩ וַחֲמִשָּׁ֨ה אֶ֥לֶף אִ֛ישׁ שֹׁ֥לֵֽף חֶ֖רֶב בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֑וּא אֶת־כׇּל־אֵ֖לֶּה אַנְשֵׁי־חָֽיִל׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
All those who fell from Binyomin totaled twenty-five thousand sabre wielding troops on that day. They were all powerful warriors.


###### Judges 20:47
[Judges 20:47](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Judges/r/20:47)

וַיִּפְנ֞וּ וַיָּנֻ֤סוּ הַמִּדְבָּ֙רָה֙ אֶל־סֶ֣לַע הָרִמּ֔וֹן שֵׁ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת אִ֑ישׁ וַיֵּֽשְׁבוּ֙ בְּסֶ֣לַע רִמּ֔וֹן אַרְבָּעָ֖ה חֳדָשִֽׁים׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
They turned and fled toward the wilderness, to the rock of Rimon six hundred troops. They remained at the rock of Rimon four months.


###### Judges 20:48
[Judges 20:48](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Judges/r/20:48)

וְאִ֨ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל שָׁ֣בוּ אֶל־בְּנֵ֤י בִנְיָמִן֙ וַיַּכּ֣וּם לְפִי־חֶ֔רֶב מֵעִ֤יר מְתֹם֙ עַד־בְּהֵמָ֔ה עַ֖ד כׇּל־הַנִּמְצָ֑א גַּ֛ם כׇּל־הֶעָרִ֥ים הַנִּמְצָא֖וֹת שִׁלְּח֥וּ בָאֵֽשׁ׃{פ}

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
The Yisroelite troops turned to the Bnei Binyomin and struck them down by the sword, completely annihilating the cities, including the cattle and anything they came upon; also, all the cities they came upon they set ablaze.