- Then the Israelites, all the people, went up to Bethel, and there they sat weeping before the LORD. They fasted that day until evening and presented burnt offerings and fellowship offerings to the LORD.
- And the Israelites inquired of the LORD. (In those days the ark of the covenant of God was there,
- with Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, ministering before it.) They asked, "Shall we go up again to battle with Benjamin our brother, or not?" The LORD responded, "Go, for tomorrow I will give them into your hands."
- Then Israel set an ambush around Gibeah.
- They went up against the Benjamites on the third day and took up positions against Gibeah as they had done before.
|
- Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came unto the house of God, and wept, and sat there before the LORD, and fasted that day until even, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.
- And the children of Israel enquired of the LORD, (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,
- And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days,) saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease? And the LORD said, Go up; for to morrow I will deliver them into thine hand.
- And Israel set liers in wait round about Gibeah.
- And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and put themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other times.
|