“ Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; in the morning he devours the prey, in the evening he divides the plunder.”

“便雅悯是个撕掠的狼，早晨要吃他所抓的，晚上要分他所夺的。”

便雅悯是只抓撕掠物的狼，早晨要吃他的猎物，晚上要分他的掳物。”

便雅悯是只抓撕掠物的狼，早晨要吃他的猎物，晚上要分他的掳物。”

“便雅悯是匹贪婪的狼，早晨吞吃猎物，晚上瓜分战利品。”

便雅悯是只撕掠的豺狼，早晨吞吃他的猎物，晚上瓜分他的掳物。”

本雅明是撕掠的狼，早晨吞噬他的猎物，晚上瓜分他的掠物。”

便雅憫是個撕掠的狼，早晨要吃他所抓的，晚上要分他所奪的。」

便雅憫是隻抓撕掠物的狼，早晨要吃他的獵物，晚上要分他的擄物。」

便雅憫是隻抓撕掠物的狼，早晨要吃他的獵物，晚上要分他的擄物。」

「便雅憫是匹貪婪的狼，早晨吞吃獵物，晚上瓜分戰利品。」

便雅憫是隻撕掠的豺狼，早晨吞吃他的獵物，晚上瓜分他的擄物。”

便雅憫是肆行抓掠的豺狼，早晨喫所掠奪的，晚上分所擄獲的。』

便雅憫是撕掠的狼，早晨吞噬他的獵物，晚上瓜分他的掠物。」

便雅憫如攫物之狼、朝吞所獲、夕分所奪、○

便雅憫如狼、斷傷牲畜、朝吞所獲、夕分所得。○

便雅憫如狼攫物、朝吞所獲、夕分所奪、○

“ Benjamin is a hungry wolf. In the morning he eats what he has killed. In the evening he shares what he has stolen.”

“ Benjamin is a ravenous wolf, in the morning devouring the prey and at evening dividing the spoil.”

“ Benjamin is a ravenous wolf, devouring his enemies in the morning and dividing his plunder in the evening.”

Benjamin is a wolf; he tears his prey. In the morning he devours the prey, and in the evening he divides the plunder.”

“ Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; In the morning he devours the prey, And in the evening he divides the spoils.”

“ Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; In the morning he shall devour the prey, And at night he shall divide the spoil.”

Benjamin is a wolf that raveneth: In the morning he shall devour the prey, And at even he shall divide the spoil.

Benjamin is a wolf; he tears his prey. In the morning he devours the prey, and in the evening he divides the plunder.”

Benjamin shall ravin[ as] a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.

Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; in the morning devouring the prey, and in the evening dividing the plunder.”

“ Benjamin is a ravenous wolf. In the morning he will devour the prey. At evening he will divide the plunder.”

The Benjamites came out of Gibeah and cut down twenty-two thousand Israelites on the battlefield that day.

This time, when the Benjamites came out from Gibeah to oppose them, they cut down another eighteen thousand Israelites, all of them armed with swords.

As she breathed her last— for she was dying— she named her son Ben-Oni. But his father named him Benjamin.

Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey; they shed blood and kill people to make unjust gain.

There is a conspiracy of her princes within her like a roaring lion tearing its prey; they devour people, take treasures and precious things and make many widows within her.

About Benjamin he said:“ Let the beloved of the Lord rest secure in him, for he shields him all day long, and the one the Lord loves rests between his shoulders.”

When the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and reported these terms to the people, they all wept aloud.Just then Saul was returning from the fields, behind his oxen, and he asked,“ What is wrong with everyone? Why are they weeping?” Then they repeated to him what the men of Jabesh had said.When Saul heard their words, the Spirit of God came powerfully upon him, and he burned with anger.He took a pair of oxen, cut them into pieces, and sent the pieces by messengers throughout Israel, proclaiming,“ This is what will be done to the oxen of anyone who does not follow Saul and Samuel.” Then the terror of the Lord fell on the people, and they came out together as one.When Saul mustered them at Bezek, the men of Israel numbered three hundred thousand and those of Judah thirty thousand.They told the messengers who had come,“ Say to the men of Jabesh Gilead,‘ By the time the sun is hot tomorrow, you will be rescued.’” When the messengers went and reported this to the men of Jabesh, they were elated.They said to the Ammonites,“ Tomorrow we will surrender to you, and you can do to us whatever you like.”The next day Saul separated his men into three divisions; during the last watch of the night they broke into the camp of the Ammonites and slaughtered them until the heat of the day. Those who survived were scattered, so that no two of them were left together.

I know that after I leave, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock.

Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the Lord’s disciples. He went to the high priest

The people rise like a lioness; they rouse themselves like a lion that does not rest till it devours its prey and drinks the blood of its victims.”

“ Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves.

The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Beker, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim and Ard.

One day Jonathan son of Saul said to his young armor- bearer,“ Come, let’s go over to the Philistine outpost on the other side.” But he did not tell his father.Saul was staying on the outskirts of Gibeah under a pomegranate tree in Migron. With him were about six hundred men,among whom was Ahijah, who was wearing an ephod. He was a son of Ichabod’s brother Ahitub son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the Lord’s priest in Shiloh. No one was aware that Jonathan had left.On each side of the pass that Jonathan intended to cross to reach the Philistine outpost was a cliff; one was called Bozez and the other Seneh.One cliff stood to the north toward Mikmash, the other to the south toward Geba.Jonathan said to his young armor-bearer,“ Come, let’s go over to the outpost of those uncircumcised men. Perhaps the Lord will act in our behalf. Nothing can hinder the Lord from saving, whether by many or by few.”“ Do all that you have in mind,” his armor-bearer said.“ Go ahead; I am with you heart and soul.”Jonathan said,“ Come on, then; we will cross over toward them and let them see us.If they say to us,‘ Wait there until we come to you,’ we will stay where we are and not go up to them.But if they say,‘ Come up to us,’ we will climb up, because that will be our sign that the Lord has given them into our hands.”So both of them showed themselves to the Philistine outpost.“ Look!” said the Philistines.“ The Hebrews are crawling out of the holes they were hiding in.”The men of the outpost shouted to Jonathan and his armor-bearer,“ Come up to us and we’ll teach you a lesson.” So Jonathan said to his armor-bearer,“ Climb up after me; the Lord has given them into the hand of Israel.”Jonathan climbed up, using his hands and feet, with his armor-bearer right behind him. The Philistines fell before Jonathan, and his armor-bearer followed and killed behind him.In that first attack Jonathan and his armor-bearer killed some twenty men in an area of about half an acre.Then panic struck the whole army— those in the camp and field, and those in the outposts and raiding parties— and the ground shook. It was a panic sent by God.

But Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off both men and women and put them in prison.

Again the Israelites cried out to the Lord, and he gave them a deliverer— Ehud, a left-handed man, the son of Gera the Benjamite. The Israelites sent him with tribute to Eglon king of Moab.Now Ehud had made a double- edged sword about a cubit long, which he strapped to his right thigh under his clothing.He presented the tribute to Eglon king of Moab, who was a very fat man.After Ehud had presented the tribute, he sent on their way those who had carried it.But on reaching the stone images near Gilgal he himself went back to Eglon and said,“ Your Majesty, I have a secret message for you.” The king said to his attendants,“ Leave us!” And they all left.Ehud then approached him while he was sitting alone in the upper room of his palace and said,“ I have a message from God for you.” As the king rose from his seat,Ehud reached with his left hand, drew the sword from his right thigh and plunged it into the king’s belly.Even the handle sank in after the blade, and his bowels discharged. Ehud did not pull the sword out, and the fat closed in over it.Then Ehud went out to the porch; he shut the doors of the upper room behind him and locked them.After he had gone, the servants came and found the doors of the upper room locked. They said,“ He must be relieving himself in the inner room of the palace.”They waited to the point of embarrassment, but when he did not open the doors of the room, they took a key and unlocked them. There they saw their lord fallen to the floor, dead.While they waited, Ehud got away. He passed by the stone images and escaped to Seirah.When he arrived there, he blew a trumpet in the hill country of Ephraim, and the Israelites went down with him from the hills, with him leading them.“ Follow me,” he ordered,“ for the Lord has given Moab, your enemy, into your hands.” So they followed him down and took possession of the fords of the Jordan that led to Moab; they allowed no one to cross over.At that time they struck down about ten thousand Moabites, all vigorous and strong; not one escaped.

Her officials within her are roaring lions; her rulers are evening wolves, who leave nothing for the morning.

Therefore a lion from the forest will attack them, a wolf from the desert will ravage them, a leopard will lie in wait near their towns to tear to pieces any who venture out, for their rebellion is great and their backslidings many.

circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; in regard to the law, a Pharisee;

“ I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.

So I will be like a lion to them, like a leopard I will lurk by the path.Like a bear robbed of her cubs, I will attack them and rip them open; like a lion I will devour them— a wild animal will tear them apart.

Now the Philistines gathered their forces for war and assembled at Sokoh in Judah. They pitched camp at Ephes Dammim, between Sokoh and Azekah.Saul and the Israelites assembled and camped in the Valley of Elah and drew up their battle line to meet the Philistines.The Philistines occupied one hill and the Israelites another, with the valley between them.A champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out of the Philistine camp. His height was six cubits and a span.He had a bronze helmet on his head and wore a coat of scale armor of bronze weighing five thousand shekels;on his legs he wore bronze greaves, and a bronze javelin was slung on his back.His spear shaft was like a weaver’s rod, and its iron point weighed six hundred shekels. His shield bearer went ahead of him.Goliath stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel,“ Why do you come out and line up for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and are you not the servants of Saul? Choose a man and have him come down to me.If he is able to fight and kill me, we will become your subjects; but if I overcome him and kill him, you will become our subjects and serve us.”Then the Philistine said,“ This day I defy the armies of Israel! Give me a man and let us fight each other.”On hearing the Philistine’s words, Saul and all the Israelites were dismayed and terrified.Now David was the son of an Ephrathite named Jesse, who was from Bethlehem in Judah. Jesse had eight sons, and in Saul’s time he was very old.Jesse’s three oldest sons had followed Saul to the war: The firstborn was Eliab; the second, Abinadab; and the third, Shammah.David was the youngest. The three oldest followed Saul,but David went back and forth from Saul to tend his father’s sheep at Bethlehem.For forty days the Philistine came forward every morning and evening and took his stand.Now Jesse said to his son David,“ Take this ephah of roasted grain and these ten loaves of bread for your brothers and hurry to their camp.Take along these ten cheeses to the commander of their unit. See how your brothers are and bring back some assurance from them.They are with Saul and all the men of Israel in the Valley of Elah, fighting against the Philistines.”Early in the morning David left the flock in the care of a shepherd, loaded up and set out, as Jesse had directed. He reached the camp as the army was going out to its battle positions, shouting the war cry.Israel and the Philistines were drawing up their lines facing each other.David left his things with the keeper of supplies, ran to the battle lines and asked his brothers how they were.As he was talking with them, Goliath, the Philistine champion from Gath, stepped out from his lines and shouted his usual defiance, and David heard it.Whenever the Israelites saw the man, they all fled from him in great fear.Now the Israelites had been saying,“ Do you see how this man keeps coming out? He comes out to defy Israel. The king will give great wealth to the man who kills him. He will also give him his daughter in marriage and will exempt his family from taxes in Israel.”David asked the men standing near him,“ What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the armies of the living God?”They repeated to him what they had been saying and told him,“ This is what will be done for the man who kills him.”When Eliab, David’s oldest brother, heard him speaking with the men, he burned with anger at him and asked,“ Why have you come down here? And with whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know how conceited you are and how wicked your heart is; you came down only to watch the battle.”“ Now what have I done?” said David.“ Can’t I even speak?”He then turned away to someone else and brought up the same matter, and the men answered him as before.What David said was overheard and reported to Saul, and Saul sent for him.David said to Saul,“ Let no one lose heart on account of this Philistine; your servant will go and fight him.”Saul replied,“ You are not able to go out against this Philistine and fight him; you are only a young man, and he has been a warrior from his youth.”But David said to Saul,“ Your servant has been keeping his father’s sheep. When a lion or a bear came and carried off a sheep from the flock,I went after it, struck it and rescued the sheep from its mouth. When it turned on me, I seized it by its hair, struck it and killed it.Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, because he has defied the armies of the living God.The Lord who rescued me from the paw of the lion and the paw of the bear will rescue me from the hand of this Philistine.” Saul said to David,“ Go, and the Lord be with you.”Then Saul dressed David in his own tunic. He put a coat of armor on him and a bronze helmet on his head.David fastened on his sword over the tunic and tried walking around, because he was not used to them.“ I cannot go in these,” he said to Saul,“ because I am not used to them.” So he took them off.Then he took his staff in his hand, chose five smooth stones from the stream, put them in the pouch of his shepherd’s bag and, with his sling in his hand, approached the Philistine.Meanwhile, the Philistine, with his shield bearer in front of him, kept coming closer to David.He looked David over and saw that he was little more than a boy, glowing with health and handsome, and he despised him.He said to David,“ Am I a dog, that you come at me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.“ Come here,” he said,“ and I’ll give your flesh to the birds and the wild animals!”David said to the Philistine,“ You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the Lord Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.This day the Lord will deliver you into my hands, and I’ll strike you down and cut off your head. This very day I will give the carcasses of the Philistine army to the birds and the wild animals, and the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel.All those gathered here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the Lord saves; for the battle is the Lord’s, and he will give all of you into our hands.”As the Philistine moved closer to attack him, David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet him.Reaching into his bag and taking out a stone, he slung it and struck the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell facedown on the ground.So David triumphed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone; without a sword in his hand he struck down the Philistine and killed him.David ran and stood over him. He took hold of the Philistine’s sword and drew it from the sheath. After he killed him, he cut off his head with the sword. When the Philistines saw that their hero was dead, they turned and ran.Then the men of Israel and Judah surged forward with a shout and pursued the Philistines to the entrance of Gath and to the gates of Ekron. Their dead were strewn along the Shaaraim road to Gath and Ekron.When the Israelites returned from chasing the Philistines, they plundered their camp.David took the Philistine’s head and brought it to Jerusalem; he put the Philistine’s weapons in his own tent.As Saul watched David going out to meet the Philistine, he said to Abner, commander of the army,“ Abner, whose son is that young man?” Abner replied,“ As surely as you live, Your Majesty, I don’t know.”The king said,“ Find out whose son this young man is.”As soon as David returned from killing the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul, with David still holding the Philistine’s head.“ Whose son are you, young man?” Saul asked him. David said,“ I am the son of your servant Jesse of Bethlehem.”