Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And they all came to the house of God in Silo, and sitting before him till the evening, lifted up their voices, and began to lament and weep, saying: the house Judges 21:12 And there were found of Jabes Galaad four hundred virgins, that had not known the bed of a man, and they brought them to the camp in Silo, into the land of Chanaan. Judges 20:18,23,26 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. . . . Joshua 18:1 And all the children of Israel assembled together in Silo, and there they set up the tabernacle of the testimony, and the land was subdued before them. lifted Judges 2:4 And when the angel of the Lord spoke these words to all the children of Israel: they lifted up their voice, and wept. Genesis 27:38 And Esau said to him: Hast thou only one blessing, father? I beseech thee bless me also. And when he wept with a loud cry, 1 Samuel 30:4 David and the people that were with him, lifted up their voices, and wept till they had no more tears. Context Wives for the Benjamites1Now the children of Israel had also sworn in Maspha, saying: None of us shall give of his daughters to the children of Benjamin to wife. 2And they all came to the house of God in Silo, and sitting before him till the evening, lifted up their voices, and began to lament and weep, saying:3O Lord God of Israel, why is so great an evil come to pass in thy people, that this day one tribe should be taken away from among us?… Cross References Judges 20:26 Wherefore all the children of Israel came to the house of God, and sat and wept before the Lord: and they fasted that day till the evening, and offered to him holocausts, and victims of peace offerings, Judges 21:3 O Lord God of Israel, why is so great an evil come to pass in thy people, that this day one tribe should be taken away from among us? 1 Samuel 11:4 The messengers therefore came to Gabaa of Saul: and they spoke these words in the hearing of the people: and all the people lifted up their voices, and wept. Lexicon So the peopleהָעָם֙ (hā·‘ām) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock came וַיָּבֹ֤א (way·yā·ḇō) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go to Bethel אֵ֔ל (’êl) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 1008: Bethel -- 'house of God', a city in Ephraim, also a place in southern Judah and sat וַיֵּ֤שְׁבוּ (way·yê·šə·ḇū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry there שָׁם֙ (šām) Adverb Strong's Hebrew 8033: There, then, thither before לִפְנֵ֖י (lip̄·nê) Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face God הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים (hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative until עַד־ (‘aḏ-) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while evening, הָעֶ֔רֶב (hā·‘e·reḇ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6153: Evening lifting up וַיִּשְׂא֣וּ (way·yiś·’ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 5375: To lift, carry, take their voices קוֹלָ֔ם (qō·w·lām) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 6963: A voice, sound and weeping וַיִּבְכּ֖וּ (way·yiḇ·kū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 1058: To weep, to bemoan bitterly. גָדֽוֹל׃ (ḡā·ḏō·wl) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1419: Great, older, insolent Additional Translations So the people came to Bethel and sat there before God until evening, lifting up their voices and weeping bitterly.And the people came to the house of God, and stayed there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore; And the people came to Beth-el, and sat there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore. And the people came to Baethel, and sat there until evening before God: and they lifted up their voice and wept with a great weeping; And the people came to Bethel, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices and wept bitterly, And the people came to Beth-el, and sat there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore. And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till evening before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept bitterly; The people came to Bethel, and sat there until evening before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept severely. And the people come in to Beth-El, and sit there till the evening before God, and lift up their voice, and weep -- a great weeping, Jump to Previous Abode Bethel Beth-El Bitter Bitterly Evening House Lifted Raising Sat Sit Sore Themselves Voice Voices Waiting Weep WeptJump to Next Abode Bethel Beth-El Bitter Bitterly Evening House Lifted Raising Sat Sit Sore Themselves Voice Voices Waiting Weep WeptExternal Links Judges 21:2 NIVJudges 21:2 NLT Judges 21:2 ESV Judges 21:2 NASB Judges 21:2 ASV Judges 21:2 Bible Apps Judges 21:2 Biblia Paralela Judges 21:2 Chinese Bible Judges 21:2 French Bible Judges 21:2 German Bible Alphabetical: and before Bethel bitterly came evening God lifted people raising sat So The their there they to until up voices weeping went wept where OT History: Judges 21:2 The people came to Bethel and sat (Jd Judg. Jdg) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |