Verse 15
Judges 20:15
World English Bible, British Edition
15
The children of Benjamin were counted on that day out of the cities
twenty-six thousand men who drew the sword, in addition to the inhabitants of Gibeah, who were counted
seven hundred chosen men.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יִּתְפָּֽקְדוּ֩ בְנֵ֨י בִנְיָמִ֜ן בַּ/יּ֤וֹם הַ/הוּא֙ מֵ/הֶ֣/עָרִ֔ים עֶשְׂרִ֨ים וְ/שִׁשָּׁ֥ה אֶ֛לֶף אִ֖ישׁ שֹׁ֣לֵֽף חָ֑רֶב לְ֠/בַד מִ/יֹּשְׁבֵ֤י הַ/גִּבְעָה֙ הִתְפָּ֣קְד֔וּ שְׁבַ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת אִ֥ישׁ בָּחֽוּר
English Translation
And the sons of Benjamin were counted on that day from the cities, twenty-six thousand men drawing the sword, besides the inhabitants of Gibeah; they were counted seven hundred chosen men.
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Chapter 20 Context
1
Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was assembled
as one man, from Dan ev...
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2
The chiefs of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel, presented
themselves in the assembly...
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3
(Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel had gone
up to Mizpah.) The children...
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4
The Levite, the husband of the woman who was murdered, answered,
“I came into Gibeah that belongs to...
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5
The men of Gibeah rose against me, and surrounded the house by night.
They intended to kill me and t...
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6
I took my concubine and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all
the country of the inheritanc...
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7
Behold, you children of Israel, all of you, give here your advice and
counsel.”
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8
All the people arose as one man, saying, “None of us will go to
his tent, neither will any of us tur...
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9
But now this is the thing which we will do to Gibeah: we will go up against
it by lot;
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10
and we will take ten men of one hundred throughout all the tribes of
Israel, and one hundred of one...
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11
So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together
as one man.
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12
The tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin,
saying, “What wickedness is this th...
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13
Now therefore deliver up the men, the wicked fellows who are in Gibeah,
that we may put them to deat...
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14
The children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities
to Gibeah, to go out to batt...
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15
The children of Benjamin were counted on that day out of the cities
twenty-six thousand men who drew...
16
Amongst all these soldiers there were seven hundred chosen men who
were left-handed. Every one of th...
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17
The men of Israel, besides Benjamin, were counted four hundred thousand
men who drew sword. All thes...
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18
The children of Israel arose, went up to Bethel, and asked counsel
of God (Elohim). They asked, “Who...
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19
The children of Israel rose up in the morning and encamped against
Gibeah.
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20
The men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin; and the men
of Israel set the battle in array...
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21
The children of Benjamin came out of Gibeah, and on that day destroyed
twenty-two thousand of the Is...
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22
The people, the men of Israel, encouraged themselves, and set the battle
again in array in the place...
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23
The children of Israel went up and wept before the LORD until evening;
and they asked of the LORD, s...
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24
The children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin
the second day.
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25
Benjamin went out against them out of Gibeah the second day, and destroyed
down to the ground of the...
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26
Then all the children of Israel and all the people went up,
and came to Bethel, and wept, and sat th...
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27
The children of Israel asked the LORD (for the ark of the covenant
of God (Elohim) was there in thos...
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28
and Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it
in those days), saying, “Shall I...
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29
Israel set ambushes all around Gibeah.
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30
The children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on
the third day, and set themselves...
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31
The children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn
away from the city; and they be...
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32
The children of Benjamin said, “They are struck down before
us, as at the first.” But the children o...
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33
All the men of Israel rose up out of their place and set themselves
in array at Baal Tamar. Then the...
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34
Ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel came over against Gibeah,
and the battle was severe; but t...
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35
The LORD struck Benjamin before Israel; and the children of Israel
destroyed of Benjamin that day tw...
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36
So the children of Benjamin saw that they were struck, for the men
of Israel yielded to Benjamin bec...
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37
The ambushers hurried, and rushed on Gibeah; then the ambushers spread
out, and struck all the city...
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38
Now the appointed sign between the men of Israel and the ambushers
was that they should make a great...
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39
The men of Israel turned in the battle, and Benjamin began to strike
and kill of the men of Israel a...
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40
But when the cloud began to arise up out of the city in a pillar of
smoke, the Benjamites looked beh...
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41
The men of Israel turned, and the men of Benjamin were dismayed; for
they saw that disaster had come...
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42
Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel to the way
of the wilderness, but the bat...
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43
They surrounded the Benjamites, chased them, and trod them down at
their resting place, as far as ne...
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44
Eighteen thousand men of Benjamin fell; all these were men of valour.
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45
They turned and fled towards the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon.
They gleaned five thousand men of...
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46
So that all who fell that day of Benjamin were twenty-five thousand
men who drew the sword. All thes...
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47
But six hundred men turned and fled towards the wilderness to the rock
of Rimmon, and stayed in the...
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48
The men of Israel turned again on the children of Benjamin, and struck
them with the edge of the swo...
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