So the people of Israel sent 12,000 soldiers to the city of Jabesh Gilead. They told those soldiers, “Go to Jabesh Gilead, and use your swords to kill every person that lives there, even the women and children.
Judges 21:9 - Easy To Read Version The people of Israel counted everyone to see who was there and who was not. They found that no one from Jabesh Gilead was there. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For the people were numbered, and, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead there. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For when the people were mustered, behold, not one of the citizens of Jabesh-gilead was there. American Standard Version (1901) For when the people were numbered, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead there. Common English Bible When the people’s attendance was taken, not one of those who lived in Jabesh-gilead had been there. Catholic Public Domain Version (Likewise, in the time when they had been at Shiloh, not one of them was found to be there.) Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version (At that time also when they were in Silo, no one of them was found there.) |
So the people of Israel sent 12,000 soldiers to the city of Jabesh Gilead. They told those soldiers, “Go to Jabesh Gilead, and use your swords to kill every person that lives there, even the women and children.
Then the people of Israel asked, “Which one of the family groups of Israel did not come here to Mizpah? We have come together before the Lord. Surely one family was not here!” Then they found that no one from the city of Jabesh Gilead had met together with the other people of Israel.
The Angel of the Lord said, “Curse the city of Meroz. Curse its people! They did not come with soldiers to help the Lord.”