KJV King James Version
And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites that day twenty and two thousand men.
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Judges 20:21
And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites that day twenty and two thousand men.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And the Benjamites came out of Gibeah and cut down 22,000 Israelites on the battlefield that day.
WEB World English Bible
The children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites on that day twenty-two thousand men.
ASV American Standard Version
And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites on that day twenty and two thousand men.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and the sons of Benjamin come out from Gibeah, and destroy in Israel on that day two and twenty thousand men—to the earth.
Surrounding context — Judges 20
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.
19 And the children of Israel rose up in the morning, and encamped against Gibeah.
20 And the men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin; and the men of Israel put themselves in array to fight against them at Gibeah.
21 And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites that day twenty and two thousand men.
22 And the people the men of Israel encouraged themselves, and set their battle again in array in the place where they put themselves in array the first day.
23 (And the children of Israel went up and wept before the LORD until even, and asked counsel of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up again to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother? And the LORD said, Go up against him.)
24 And the children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin the second day.
Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיֵּצְא֥וּH3318 · ya.tsato come out: comeבְנֵֽי־H1121 · benson: childבִנְיָמִ֖ןH1144 · bin.ya.minBenjaminמִן־H4480 · minfromהַגִּבְעָ֑הH1390 · giv.ahGibeahוַיַּשְׁחִ֨יתוּH7843 · sha.chatto ruinבְיִשְׂרָאֵ֜לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelבַּיּ֣וֹםH3117 · yomdayהַה֗וּאH1931 · huhe/she/itשְׁנַ֨יִםH8147 · she.na.yimtwoוְעֶשְׂרִ֥יםH6242 · es.rimtwentyאֶ֛לֶףH505 · e.lephthousandאִ֖ישׁH376 · ishmanאָֽרְצָה׃H776 · e.retsland: country/planet
Cross-references
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.Hosea 10:9O Israel, thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah: there they stood: the battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity did not overtake them.Jeremiah 12:1Righteous [art] thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of [thy] judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? [wherefore] are all they happy that deal very treacherously?Ecclesiastes 9:1-3For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, [are] in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred [by] all [that is] before them.Psalm 73:18-19Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.Deuteronomy 23:9When the host goeth forth against thine enemies, then keep thee from every wicked thing.Psalm 33:16There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.Genesis 49:27Benjamin shall ravin [as] a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.2 Chronicles 28:10And now ye purpose to keep under the children of Judah and Jerusalem for bondmen and bondwomen unto you: [but are there] not with you, even with you, sins against the LORD your God?Psalm 77:19Thy way [is] in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.
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