10 And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound.

11 And he laid unto her, If they bind me salt with new ropes that never were occupied, then lhall I be weak, and be as another man.

i -- Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and laid unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And there lucre liers in wait abid ing in the chamber. And he brake them from oft* his arms like a thread.

i 3 And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: tell me wherewith thou mighteft be bound. And he said unto her, If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web.

14 And she fastened it with the pin, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awaked out of his deep, and went away with the pin of the beam, and with the web.

1 j And stie sa'id unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and haft not told me wherein thy great strength Heth.

16 And it camev to pass, when (he 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 a rasor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother's womb: if I be (haven, then my strength will go from me, and I (hall become weak, and be like any other man.

18 And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, (lie sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up this once; for he hath (hewed me all his heart. Then the lords of the Philistines came up unto her,and brought money in their hand.

19 And (lie made him sleep upon her knees: and (he called for a man, and lhe caused him toftiave offthe seven locks of his head; and (he began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.

20 And (he said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and (hake myself. And he wist not that the Lord .was departed from him.

it «tf But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters

of brass; and he did grind in the priioi house.

22 Howbeit the hair of his head be gan to grow again alter he was (haven,

23 t\ Then the lords of the Philistine gathered them together, for to offer great lacrificeunto Dagon their god, an to rejoice: for they laid, Our god hat delivered Samson our enemy into ou hand.

2+ And when the people saw hin they praised their god: for they said, Ot god hath delivered into our hands 01 enemy, and the destroyer of our cow try, which flew many of us.

25 And it came to pass, when the hearts were merry, that they said, Ca for Samson, that he may make us l'por And they called for Samson out of tl prison house; and he made them spor And they set him between the pillars.

26 And Samson said unto the lad tli; held him by the hand, Suffer me that may seel the pillars whereupon the hou standeth, that I may lean upon them.

?.7 Now the house was full of nx and women: and all the lords of the Ph listines ivere there: and there iuere up< the roof about three thousand men ai women, that beheld while Samson mai sport.

z% And Samson called untotheLoR and laid, O Lo R D God, remember me, pray thee, and strengthen me, I pn thee, only this once, O God, that I mi he at once avenged of the Philistines i my two eyes.

29 And Samson took hold of the rv middle pillars upon which the hoi stood, and on which it was borne up, the one with his right hand, and of t other with his left.

30 And Samson said, Let me die wi the Philistines. And he bowed himl with all his might; and the house f upon the lords, and upon all the peoj that uuere therein. So the dead which slew at his death were more than t) which he slew in his life.

31 Then his brethren, and all ( house of his father came down, and to him and brought him up, and buri him between Zorah and Eslitaol, in I burying place of Manoah his fath And he judged Israel twenty years.

CHAP. XVII. 1 Mieah restoring thestolen money to hist ther, she maketh images. 7 He hir a Levite to be his priest.

AND there was a man of mot Ephraim, whose name lisas Mio J And he said unto his mother, 1

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and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what ye have to do.

15 And they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, e-ven unto the house of Micah, and saluted him.

16 And the six hundred men appointed with their weapons of war, which were of the children of Dan, stood by the entering of the gate.

17 And the five men that went to spy out the land, went up, <Wcame in thither, and took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image: and the prieit stood in the entering of the gate, with the six hundred men that were appointed with weapons of war.

18 And these went into Micah'shouse, and fetched the carved image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. Then said the priest unto them, What do ye?

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: is it better for thec to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?

20 And the priest's heart was glad, and he toot the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people.

z: So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the carriage before them.

22 And when they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men that were in the houses nertr to Micah's house were gathered together, and overtook the children of Dan.

23 And they cried unto the children of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said unto Micah, What aileth thee, that thou Cornell 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 fay unto me, What aileth thee?

25 And the children of Dan said unto him, Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows run upon thee, and thou lose thy life, with the lives of thy houshold.

ifi And the children of Dan went their way: and when Micah saw that they aver/- too strong for him, he turned and ivcnt back unto his house.

27 f[ And they took th; things which

G E S The Daitites win Laijh.

Micah had made, and the prieit whicl he had, and came unto Lailh, xmto people that were at quiet, and secure arid they smote them with the edge 0 the sword, and burnt the city with lire

28 And//«7VT<;<2.modeliverer, becaul it ■was far from Zidon, and they had n business with any man j and it was ii the valley that Heth by Beth-rehob. Am they built a city, and dwelt therein.

29 And they called the name of th city Dan, after the name of Dan their fa ther, who was born unto Israel: howbei the name of the city was Lailn at the fin!

30 And the children of Dan set up th graven image: and Jonathan the son 0 Gersliom, the son of Manasl'eh, he am his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land

31 And they set them up Micah's gra ven image, which he made, all the tim that the house of God was in Shiloh.

CHAP. XIX. 1 A Leslie going to Beth-lehcm to fetch hi •wife, 16 an old man entertaineth hh at Gibeah. 22 The Gibeathites abuj his concubine to death.

AN D it came to pass in those days when there was no king in Israel that there was a certain Levite sojourn ing on the side of mount Ephraim, whi took to him a concubine out of Beth lehem-judah.

2 And his concubine played the whor against him, and went away from bin unto her father's hou fe toBeth-lehem -ju dah, and was there four whole months

3 And her husband arose, and wen after her to speak friendly unto her, am to bring her again, having his fervan with him, and a couple of asses: and th broughthiminto her father's house; am when the father of die damsel saw him he rejoiced to meet Iiim.

4 And his father in law, the damsel' father, retained him, and lie abode wit! him three days: so they did eat ani drink, and lodged there.

5 And it came to pass on the fourtl day, when they arose early in the morn ing, that he rose up to depart: and tin damsel's father said unto his son in law Comfort thine heart with a morsel 0 bread, and afterward go your way.

si And they fat down, and did eat an< drink both of their, together: for thi damsel's father had said unto the man Be content, I pray thee, and tarry al night, and let thine heart be merry.

7 And when the man rose up to vie part, his father in law urged him: there

"ore he lodged there again.

JAiid he arose early in the morning en the iit'n day to depart: and the damsel's titter said, Comfort thine heart, I pray fb«. And they tarried until afternoon, and they did eat both of them.

9 And when the man rose up to depit, Y.t and his concubine, ana hit serTaat, his father in law, the damsel's fatis-.&id unto him, Behold, nowtheday irjwtth toward evening, I pray you tarry all night: behold, the day groweth to an end, lodge here, that thine heart mav be merry -, and to morrow get you eirfy on your way, that thou mayeft go hsms.

Io But the man would not tarry that night, but he rose up, and departed, and cajrs over against Jebus, which is JeruUkra: and there ivere with him two asses fiddled, his concubine also 'was with him. i« And when they ivere by Jebus, the day was fir spent, and the servant said unto his master, Come, I pray thee, and let u* rum in into this city of the Jebu£tes, and lodge in it.

12 And his master said unto him, We will not turn aside hither into the city of iftran^er, that is not os the children of Iirael;°we will pass over to Gibeah.

i; And hefaiduntohis servant, Come, cid let vts draw near to one of these pbees to lodge all night, in Gibeah, or m Raman.

14. And they passed on and went their way; and the fun went down upon them ivken they ivere by Gibeah, which belongeth to Benjamin.

15 And they turned aside thither, to p> in axJto lodge in Gibeah. And when be went in, he fat him down in a street of the city: for there ivas no man that took them into his house to lodging.

16 ^f And, behold, there came an old nan from his work out of the field at even, which -7A>«/alsoofmountEphraim; tad he sojourned in Gibeah: but the men of the place ivere Benjamites.

17 And when he had lifted up his eyes, be saw a wayfaring man in the street of the city t and the old man said, Whither foeft thou? and whence comest thou?

1% And he said unto him, We are passing from Beth-Iehem-judah toward the fi-iS of mount Ephraim; from thence am I: and I went to Beth-lehem-judah, but lam Mixgoingtorhehouseof theLoR D; j_nd there is no man that receiveth me to house.

,9 Yet there is both straw and provender for our asses; and there is bread aud wine also for me, and for thy handmaid, and for the young man which is with thy

The Benjamites' -wickedness.

servants: there is no want of any thing.

10 And the old man si'id, Peace be

with thee; howsoever let :t!l thy wants lie

upon me; only lodge not in the lrreet.

21 So he brought him into his house, and gave provender unto the asses: and they waflied their feet, and did eat and drink.

22 fl Noiv as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain sens 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 mm that came into thine house, that w« may know him.

23 And the man, the master of the house, went out unto them, and said unto them, Nay, my brethren, nay, I pray yon, do not so wickedly; seeing that this man is come into mine house, do not this folly.

14. Behold, A*rW.r my daughter, a maiden, and his concubine* them I will bring out now, and humble ye them, and do with them what feemeth good unto you: but unto this man do not so vile a thing.

25 But the men would not hearken to , him: so the man took his concubine and brought her forth unto them; and they knew her, and abused her all the night until the morning: and when the day began to spring, they let her go.

26 Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell down at the door of the man's house, where her lord ivas, till it was light.

27 And her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the house, and went out to go his way: and, behold, the woman his concubine was fallen down at the door of the house, and her hands ivere upon the threshold.

28 And he said unto her, Up, and let us be going: but none answered. Then the man took her up upon an ass, and the man rose up, and gat him unto his place.

29 And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and divided her, together with her bones, into twelve pieces, and sent her into all the coast of Israel.

30 And it was so, that all that saw it said, There was no such deed done nor seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt unto this day: consider of it, take advice, and speak your minds.

C H A P. XX. 1 The Leuite in a general assembly declareth his ivrong. 8 Their decree. 16 . The Benjamites are destroyed. Q^ THEN

The Levite's tomplaint.

THEN all the children os Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beer-ihcba, with the land of Cilead, unto the Lord in Mizpeh.

2 And the chief of all the people, even of all the tribesof Israel, prelented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword.

3 (Nowthe childrenof Benjaminheard that the children of Ilrael were gone up to Mizpeh.) Then said the children of Israel, Tell us, how was this wickedness?

4 And the Lcvite, the husband of the woman that was stain, answered and said, I c:ime into Gibeah that belongeth to Benjamin, I aud my concubine to lodge.

5 And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about upon me by night, and thought to have slain me: and my concubine have they forced, that flie is dead.

6 Aiid I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Isruel: for they have committed lewdness and fol'.y in Israel.

7 Behold, ye are all children of Israel: give iurc your advice and counsel.

8 ff And all the people arose as one man, faying, We will not any of us go to his tent, neither will we any of us turn into 11is house.

9 Bui now, thisyS.i//^thethingwIiich •we will do to Gibeah; iue 'willgo up by lot jg'.inft it;

jo And we will take ten men of an hundicd throughout all the tribes of Israel, and an hundred of a thousand, and a thousand out often 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 have wrought in Israel.

I i So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man.

Iz And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, sayi ..?, What wickedness is this that is done -• j K' you?

• vv therefore deliver us the men,

■ i'J.M'rn of Belial, which are in Gi

. i'..at we may put them to death,

•- . :' ;>way evil from Ilrael. But the

i ■:!" "enjamin would not hearken

;. n{ their brethren the chil

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v rhil'iien of Benjamin ga.'.-. . J t.,-.-..:i.l.« together outoftheci

in the morning, and encamped againlt Gibeah.

20 And the men of Israel went out ta battle against Benjamin: and the men of Israel put themselves in array to sight against them at Gibeah.

11 And the childrenof Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites that day twenty and two thousand men.

22 And the people the men of Israel encouraged themselves, and set their battle again in array in the place where they put themselves in array the ririi day.

23 (And the children of Israel went up and wept before the Lo R D until even, and asked counsel of the Lo R D, saying, Shall I go up again to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother? and the Lor D said, Go up against them.)

24. And the children os Israel came near against the children of Benjamin the second day.

25 And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day, and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again eighteen thousand men: all these drew the sword.

26 q[ 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.

2 7 And the children of Israel enquired of the Lord, (for the ark of the covenant of God 'was there in those days,

a 8 And