Judges — Chapter 20

But the childré of Beniamin alio iffued torch bold- ly outof the citie, & purfued along way the aduerfaries fying, fo that they wounded of ché,as the firit day & thefecond,& flew them turnin their backes by two wayes,wherot the one wét into Bethel, & the other into Gabaa, and ouerthrew about thirtie men: 32. for they thought to kil them atter their accuttomed. manner. Who teyning artificially as. though they fled,tooke aduife todraw them away tr the citie,& as it were flying to bring them to the pathes aforefayd. 33. Therfore al the children of Ifrael ryfing out of their feats, fet their armie in batre] aray;, in the place which.ts-caifed Baalthanvar. The ambufhments alfo, which were about the citie , began by litle & litle to openthemfclues , 34, & to proceed from the Welt part of the citie. Yea and other ren thoufand. men of al [frac] prouoked the inhabitants of the citie to skirmifhes.. And the batteL grew fore againft the children of Beniamin :.& they vn- i al warryers and that drew fword. 36. But the children of Beniamin children of Lrael feeing,gaue them place to fly thattkey might come to the ambuihments prepared, which they had {ct neere the citie, 37- Who when they had fodenly rifen out of their dennes , and Beniamin turned their backes tothe fleaers , they enred the citie , and f{trucke it in the edge of the fword, 38.. Andthe children of Ifracl had ginena ligne to them, whom they had laid in the ambuthments , that atter they had taken the citie , they thould kindle a fire: thatthe fmoke afcending on high, they might thew that the citie was taken, 39, Which when the children of Ifrael faw being in the verie fight ( tor the children of Ben- iamin thought that they ficd , and purfued more inftantly , hauing {laine thictte men oftheir armic ) 40, and they faw as it were a piller of {moke to rife vp from the citie : Beiamin alfo looking backe, when he faw the citie taken , and the flames caried on high : 41..they chat be- fore had teyned as it they fled , turning their facc refifted more mzn- ; fully, Which when the children of Beniamin had feen , they were tur- ned into flight , 42. and began to goe the way of the defert , the aduer- faries purfuing them thither alfo, But they alfo that had fyred the citie, flaine of the enemies , neither was there any reft of men dying. They fel, & were ouerthrowen onthe eaft lide of the citie of Gabaa. 44. And Vuu there ' when they faw themf{ciues to be tntertour , beganto flye. Which the met them, 43, And fo itcame to paffe , that on-both fides they were derftood not thar on cueric fide deftruction hang ouer them..35. And our Lord ftruck them in the tight of the children of Ifrael,& they {lew of themaia that day fue and tweastic thoufand , ard an hundred men, } — } (4) Left cither iuftice be ouer fharpe,or mer- Cie too relaxe , _ with great are — fof diferetion $gouecrnonrs muft obferue mercie infily ad- wifing , and dif- tipline pion/ly chafticing. S, Greg, G. 1, Epift, 24. 524 IVDGES. The tribe of there werethat.were.flaine in the fame place , eighteen choufand men al moft valiant. warryers. 45. Which when they had feen, that were remayning of Beniamin, they fled into the wildernes , and went on to the rocke , the name wherof is Remmon. In charflight alfo ftragling, and going diuers waies , they flew fiue thoufand men. And whereas they went farder , they purfued them , and flew alfo other two thou- fand, 46. Aad fo it cameto paffe, that al which were flaine of Beniamin in diuerfe places , were fiue and twentie thoufand one hundred figh- ting men, moft prompt to warres. 47. There remayned therfore of al the number of Beniamin that could efcape , and fly into the wil { dernes , Gx hundred men: and they abode in the Rocke-Remmon foure months, 48. Buc the childrea of Ifrael retyring , {truck al the re- maines of the citie with the {word, from men euen to beafts , and al the cities and villages of Beniamin the deuouring Hame did confume.