KJV King James Version
And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon: and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men; and pursued hard after them unto Gidom, and slew two thousand men of them.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Judges 20:45
And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon: and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men; and pursued hard after them unto Gidom, and slew two thousand men of them.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then the Benjamites turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, and Israel cut down 5,000 men on the roads. And they overtook them at Gidom and struck down 2,000 more.
WEB World English Bible
They turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon: and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men, and followed hard after them to Gidom, and struck of them two thousand men.
ASV American Standard Version
And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon: and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men, and followed hard after them unto Gidom, and smote of them two thousand men.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and they turn and flee toward the wilderness, unto the rock of Rimmon; and they glean of them in the highways five thousand men, and follow after them unto Gidom, and smite of them two thousand men.
Surrounding context — Judges 20
42 Therefore they turned [their backs] before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and them which [came] out of the cities they destroyed in the midst of them.
43 [Thus] they inclosed the Benjamites round about, [and] chased them, [and] trode them down with ease over against Gibeah toward the sunrising.
44 And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these [were] men of valour.
45 And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon: and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men; and pursued hard after them unto Gidom, and slew two thousand men of them.
46 So that all which fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and five thousand men that drew the sword; all these [were] men of valour.
47 But six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness unto the rock Rimmon, and abode in the rock Rimmon four months.
48 And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, as well the men of [every] city, as the beast, and all that came to hand: also they set on fire all the cities that they came to.
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וַיִּפְנ֞וּH6437 · pa.nahto turnוַיָּנֻ֤סוּH5127 · nusto fleeהַמִּדְבָּ֙רָה֙H4057 · mid.barmouthאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)סֶ֣לַעH5553 · se.larockהָֽרִמּ֔וֹןH7417 · rim.monRimmonוַיְעֹֽלְלֻ֙הוּ֙H5953 · a.lalto abuseבַּֽמְסִלּ֔וֹתH4546 · me.sil.lahhighwayחֲמֵ֥שֶׁתH2568 · cha.meshfiveאֲלָפִ֖יםH505 · e.lephthousandאִ֑ישׁH376 · ishmanוַיַּדְבִּ֤יקוּH1692 · da.vaqto cleaveאַחֲרָיו֙H310 · a.charafterעַד־H5704 · adtillגִּדְעֹ֔םH1440 · gid.omGidomוַיַּכּ֥וּH5221 · na.khahto smiteמִמֶּ֖נּוּH4480 · minfromאַלְפַּ֥יִםH505 · e.lephthousandאִֽישׁ׃H376 · ishman
Cross-references
Joshua 15:32And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities [are] twenty and nine, with their villages:Judges 21:13And the whole congregation sent [some] to speak to the children of Benjamin that [were] in the rock Rimmon, and to call peaceably unto them.1 Chronicles 6:77Unto the rest of the children of Merari [were given] out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmon with her suburbs, Tabor with her suburbs:Zechariah 14:10All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from Benjamin’s gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and [from] the tower of Hananeel unto the king’s winepresses.
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