28 Zelah, Eleph, (A)Jebus (which is Jerusalem), Gibeath, and Kirjath: fourteen cities with their villages. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.

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28 Zelah,(A) Haeleph, the Jebusite city(B) (that is, Jerusalem(C)), Gibeah(D) and Kiriath—fourteen towns and their villages.(E)

This was the inheritance of Benjamin for its clans.(F)

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14 They buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son in the country of Benjamin in (A)Zelah, in the tomb of Kish his father. So they performed all that the king commanded. And after that (B)God heeded the prayer for the land.

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14 They buried the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in the tomb of Saul’s father Kish, at Zela(A) in Benjamin, and did everything the king commanded. After that,(B) God answered prayer(C) in behalf of the land.(D)

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And the border went up (A)by the Valley of the Son of Hinnom to the southern slope of the (B)Jebusite city (which is Jerusalem). The border went up to the top of the mountain that lies before the Valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the end of the Valley (C)of [a]Rephaim northward.

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  1. Joshua 15:8 Lit. Giants

Then it ran up the Valley of Ben Hinnom(A) along the southern slope of the Jebusite(B) city (that is, Jerusalem(C)). From there it climbed to the top of the hill west of the Hinnom Valley(D) at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim.(E)

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“O Israel, you have sinned from the days of (A)Gibeah;
There they stood.
The (B)battle in Gibeah against the children of [a]iniquity
Did not [b]overtake them.

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  1. Hosea 10:9 So with many Heb. mss., LXX, Vg.; MT unruliness
  2. Hosea 10:9 Or overcome

“Since the days of Gibeah,(A) you have sinned,(B) Israel,
    and there you have remained.[a]
Will not war again overtake
    the evildoers in Gibeah?

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  1. Hosea 10:9 Or there a stand was taken

29 They have gone [a]along (A)the ridge,
They have taken up lodging at Geba.
Ramah is afraid,
(B)Gibeah of Saul has fled.

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  1. Isaiah 10:29 Or over the pass

29 They go over the pass, and say,
    “We will camp overnight at Geba.(A)
Ramah(B) trembles;
    Gibeah(C) of Saul flees.(D)

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Now David said on that day, “Whoever climbs up by way of the water shaft and defeats the Jebusites (the lame and the blind, who are hated by David’s soul), (A)he shall be chief and captain.” Therefore they say, “The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.”

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On that day David had said, “Anyone who conquers the Jebusites will have to use the water shaft(A) to reach those ‘lame and blind’(B) who are David’s enemies.[a]” That is why they say, “The ‘blind and lame’ will not enter the palace.”

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  1. 2 Samuel 5:8 Or are hated by David

15 Then Samuel arose and went up from Gilgal to Gibeah of [a]Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people present with him, (A)about six hundred men.

No Weapons for the Army

16 Saul, Jonathan his son, and the people present with them remained in [b]Gibeah of Benjamin. But the Philistines encamped in Michmash.

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  1. 1 Samuel 13:15 So with MT, Tg.; LXX, Vg. add And the rest of the people went up after Saul to meet the people who fought against them, going from Gilgal to Gibeah in the hill of Benjamin.
  2. 1 Samuel 13:16 Heb. Geba

15 Then Samuel left Gilgal[a] and went up to Gibeah(A) in Benjamin, and Saul counted the men who were with him. They numbered about six hundred.(B)

Israel Without Weapons

16 Saul and his son Jonathan and the men with them were staying in Gibeah[b](C) in Benjamin, while the Philistines camped at Mikmash.

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  1. 1 Samuel 13:15 Hebrew; Septuagint Gilgal and went his way; the rest of the people went after Saul to meet the army, and they went out of Gilgal
  2. 1 Samuel 13:16 Two Hebrew manuscripts; most Hebrew manuscripts Geba, a variant of Gibeah

26 And Saul also went home (A)to Gibeah; and valiant men went with him, whose hearts God had touched.

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26 Saul also went to his home in Gibeah,(A) accompanied by valiant men(B) whose hearts God had touched.

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So the Levite, the husband of the woman who was murdered, answered and said, “My concubine and (A)I went into Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin, to spend the night. (B)And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and surrounded the house at night because of me. They intended to kill me, (C)but instead they ravished my concubine so that she died.

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So the Levite, the husband of the murdered woman, said, “I and my concubine came to Gibeah(A) in Benjamin to spend the night.(B) During the night the men of Gibeah came after me and surrounded the house, intending to kill me.(C) They raped my concubine, and she died.(D)

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12 But his master said to him, “We will not turn aside here into a city of foreigners, who are not of the children of Israel; we will go on (A)to Gibeah.” 13 So he said to his servant, “Come, let us draw near to one of these places, and spend the night in Gibeah or in (B)Ramah.” 14 And they passed by and went their way; and the sun went down on them near Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin. 15 They turned aside there to go in to lodge in Gibeah. And when he went in, he sat down in the open square of the city, for no one would (C)take them into his house to spend the night.

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12 His master replied, “No. We won’t go into any city whose people are not Israelites. We will go on to Gibeah.” 13 He added, “Come, let’s try to reach Gibeah or Ramah(A) and spend the night in one of those places.” 14 So they went on, and the sun set as they neared Gibeah in Benjamin.(B) 15 There they stopped to spend the night.(C) They went and sat in the city square,(D) but no one took them in for the night.

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16 Then the border came down to the end of the mountain that lies before (A)the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, which is in the Valley of the [a]Rephaim on the north, descended to the Valley of Hinnom, to the side of the Jebusite city on the south, and descended to (B)En Rogel.

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  1. Joshua 18:16 Lit. Giants

16 The boundary went down to the foot of the hill facing the Valley of Ben Hinnom, north of the Valley of Rephaim.(A) It continued down the Hinnom Valley(B) along the southern slope of the Jebusite city and so to En Rogel.(C)

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63 As for the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, (A)the children of Judah could not drive them out; (B)but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem to this day.

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63 Judah could not(A) dislodge the Jebusites(B), who were living in Jerusalem;(C) to this day the Jebusites live there with the people of Judah.(D)

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54 And (A)you shall divide the land by lot as an inheritance among your families; to the larger you shall give a larger inheritance, and to the smaller you shall give a smaller inheritance; there everyone’s inheritance shall be whatever falls to him by lot. You shall inherit according to the tribes of your fathers.

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54 Distribute the land by lot,(A) according to your clans.(B) To a larger group give a larger inheritance, and to a smaller group a smaller one.(C) Whatever falls to them by lot will be theirs. Distribute it according to your ancestral tribes.(D)

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