1 All Israel came together as one big group at a place named Mizpah. ️ 2 All the leaders stood there. Many, many men had swords. ⚔️ 3 Benjamin heard Israel met. Israel said, “Tell us what happened.” ️ 4 The man (the Levite) said, “I went to Gibeah with my woman to stay the night.” 5 He said, “Bad men came at night. They hurt my woman. She died.” 6 He said, “I cut her body and sent the parts to Israel. This was very wrong.” ⚠️ 7 He said, “All of you think and say what to do now.” ️ 8 All Israel said, “We will not go home. We will stay.” ️✋ 9 They said, “We will go to fight Gibeah.” ️️ 10 They picked men to get food for the army. They made a plan. 11 All Israel went to the city together as one group. ➡️️ 12 Israel sent men to Benjamin and said, “Give us the bad men in Gibeah.” ➡️ 13 Benjamin said, “No.” They got ready to fight. ✋⚔️ 14 Benjamin came from many towns to Gibeah to fight. ️➡️️ 15 Benjamin had many men with swords. There were lots of fighters. ⚔️ 16 There were 700 men who used the sling very well with the left hand. 17 Israel had many, many men with swords too. There were so many. ⚔️ 18 Israel asked God at Bethel, “Who goes first?” God said, “Judah goes first.” ➡️ 19 Israel got up early and camped near Gibeah. ⛺ 20 Israel went out to fight Benjamin. ⚔️ 21 Benjamin won that day. 22,000 men of Israel fell. ⚔️ 22 Israel kept going. They stood again in the same place. ️ 23 Israel cried to God all day. They asked, “Do we go again?” God said, “Go.” 24 Israel went to fight again the next day. ⚔️ 25 Benjamin won again. 18,000 men of Israel fell. ⚔️ 26 All Israel came to God. They cried. They did not eat all day. They gave gifts to God on the fire. 27 Israel asked God again at His place. God’s special box was there then. 28 God’s helper Phinehas (son of Eleazar, son of Aaron) asked, “Do we go or stop?” God said, “Go. Tomorrow I will help you win.” ✅ 29 Israel hid men around Gibeah. 30 On day three, Israel set up to fight like before. 3️⃣️ 31 Benjamin came out and hit Israel again on the road. About 30 men fell. ️⚔️ 32 Benjamin said, “We win like before!” But Israel said, “Run back and pull them from the city.” ♂️➡️ 33 Israel moved to fight. The hidden men ran out of the trees. ♂️ 34 10,000 strong Israel men came to the city. The fight was hard. Benjamin did not know trouble was near. ️ 35 God helped Israel hit Benjamin. 25,100 men of Benjamin fell that day. ✝️⚔️ 36 Benjamin saw they were losing. Israel ran back on purpose so the hidden men could move. 37 The hidden men rushed in. They hit the city with the sword. ️⚔️ 38 They had a sign: a big smoke cloud would rise from the city. ☁️ 39 Israel turned in the fight. Benjamin hit about 30 men. They said, “We win like before!” 3️⃣0️⃣ 40 But the smoke went up from the city. Benjamin looked back and saw fire and smoke. ️☁️ 41 Israel turned around to fight. Benjamin was afraid and ran to the wild land, but the fight caught them. ⚔️♂️ 42 Israel chased and caught them near Gibeah. ♂️➡️ 43 Israel closed in all around. They pushed them down near the city. ️ 44 18,000 men of Benjamin fell there. 1️⃣8️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ 45 Some ran to the rock of Rimmon. Israel hit 5,000 on the road and 2,000 more later. ➡️️ 46 That day 25,000 men of Benjamin fell in all. ⚔️ 47 600 men ran to the rock of Rimmon. They stayed there 4 months. ⏳ 48 Israel went to the towns of Benjamin. They hit all they found and set the towns on fire. ️