KJV King James Version
And the children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out of the cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, beside the inhabitants of Gibeah, which were numbered seven hundred chosen men.
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Judges 20:15
And the children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out of the cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, beside the inhabitants of Gibeah, which were numbered seven hundred chosen men.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
On that day the Benjamites mobilized 26,000 swordsmen from their cities, in addition to the 700 select men of Gibeah.
WEB World English Bible
The children of Benjamin were numbered on that day out of the cities twenty-six thousand men who drew the sword, besides the inhabitants of Gibeah, who were numbered seven hundred chosen men.
ASV American Standard Version
And the children of Benjamin were numbered on that day out of the cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, besides the inhabitants of Gibeah, who were numbered seven hundred chosen men.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And the sons of Benjamin number themselves on that day; out of the cities are twenty and six thousand men drawing sword, apart from the inhabitants of Gibeah, who numbered themselves, seven hundred chosen men;
Surrounding context — Judges 20
12 And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, What wickedness [is] this that is done among you?
13 Now therefore deliver [us] the men, the children of Belial, which [are] in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from Israel. But the children of Benjamin would not hearken to the voice of their brethren the children of Israel:
14 But the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities unto Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel.
15 And the children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out of the cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, beside the inhabitants of Gibeah, which were numbered seven hundred chosen men.
16 Among all this people [there were] seven hundred chosen men lefthanded; every one could sling stones at an hair [breadth], and not miss.
17 And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these [were] men of war.
18 And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God, and asked counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the LORD said, Judah [shall go up] first.
Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיִּתְפָּֽקְדוּ֩H6485 · pa.qadto reckon: listבְנֵ֨יH1121 · benson: childבִנְיָמִ֜ןH1144 · bin.ya.minBenjaminבַּיּ֤וֹםH3117 · yomdayהַהוּא֙H1931 · huhe/she/itמֵהֶ֣עָרִ֔יםH5892 · irexcitementעֶשְׂרִ֨יםH6242 · es.rimtwentyוְשִׁשָּׁ֥הH8337 · sheshsixאֶ֛לֶףH505 · e.lephthousandאִ֖ישׁH376 · ishmanשֹׁ֣לֵֽףH8025 · sha.laphto drawחָ֑רֶבH2719 · che.revswordלְ֠בַדH905 · badalone: poleמִיֹּשְׁבֵ֤יH3427 · ya.shavto dwellהַגִּבְעָה֙H1390 · giv.ahGibeahהִתְפָּ֣קְד֔וּH6485 · pa.qadto reckon: listשְׁבַ֥עH7651 · she.vasevenמֵא֖וֹתH3967 · me.ahhundredאִ֥ישׁH376 · ishmanבָּחֽוּר׃H977 · ba.charto choose
Cross-references
Numbers 26:41These [are] the sons of Benjamin after their families: and they that were numbered of them [were] forty and five thousand and six hundred.Numbers 1:37Those that were numbered of them, [even] of the tribe of Benjamin, [were] thirty and five thousand and four hundred.Judges 20:46-47So that all which fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and five thousand men that drew the sword; all these [were] men of valour.Judges 20:25And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day, and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again eighteen thousand men; all these drew the sword.Judges 20:35And the LORD smote Benjamin before Israel: and the children of Israel destroyed of the Benjamites that day twenty and five thousand and an hundred men: all these drew the sword.
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