The First Two Defeats

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And they arose and came to the house of God, that is, to Silo: and they consulted God, and said: Who shall be in our army the first to go to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the Lord answered them: Let Juda be your leader.

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And forthwith the children of Israel rising in the morning, camped by Gabaa:

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And going out from thence to fight against Benjamin, began to assault the city.

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And the children of Benjamin coming out of Gabaa slew of the children of Israel that day two and twenty thousand men.

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Again Israel, trusting in their strength and their number, set their army in array in the same place, where they had fought before:

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Yet so that they first went up and wept before the Lord until night: and consulted him and said: Shall I go out any more to fight against the children of Benjamin my brethren or not? And he answered them: Go up against them, and join battle.

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And when the children of Israel went out the next day to fight against the children of Benjamin,

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The children of Benjamin sallied forth out of the gates of Gabaa: and meeting them, made so great a slaughter of them, as to kill eighteen thousand men that drew the sword.

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