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Heshbon with her suburbs, Iazer with her suburbs, foure cities in all.

¶ And Abimelech rose vp, and all the people that were with him, by night, and they laid wait against Shechem in foure companies.

That the daughters of Israel went yeerely to lament the daughter of Iephthah the Gileadite foure dayes in a yeere.

1611 marginal noteHeb. from yeere to yere.

1611 marginal noteOr, to talke with.

And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him vnto her fathers house to Bethlehem Iudah, and was there foure whole moneths.

1611 marginal noteOr, a yeere and foure moneths. Heb. dayes, foure moneths.

And the chiefe of al the people, euen of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselues in the assembly of the people of God, foure hundred thousand footmen that drew sword.

And the men of Israel, beside Beniamin, were numbred foure hundred thousand men that drewe sword; all these were men of warre.

But sixe hundred men turned and fledde to the wildernesse vnto the rocke Rimmon, and abode in the rocke Rimmon foure moneths.

1611 marginal noteChap. 21.13.

And they found among the inhabitants of Iabesh Gilead, foure hundred yong virgins that had knowen no man, by lying with any male: and they brought them vnto the campe to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.

1611 marginal noteHebr. yong women virgins.

And the Philistines put themselues in aray against Israel: and when they ioyned battell, Israel was smitten before the Philistines: and they slew of the armie in the field, about foure thousand men.

1611 marginal noteHebr. the battell was spread.

1611 marginal noteHebr. the aray.

And euery one that was in distresse, and euery one that was in debt, and euery one that was discontented, gathered themselues vnto him, and he became a captaine ouer them: and there were with him about foure hundred men.

1611 marginal noteHebr. had a creditour.

1611 marginal noteHebr. bitter of soule.