KJV King James Version
But six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness unto the rock Rimmon, and abode in the rock Rimmon four months.
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Judges 20:47
But six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness unto the rock Rimmon, and abode in the rock Rimmon four months.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
But 600 men turned and fled into the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, where they stayed four months.
WEB World English Bible
But six hundred men turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, and stayed in the rock of Rimmon four months.
ASV American Standard Version
But six hundred men turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon, and abode in the rock of Rimmon four months.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and there turn and flee into the wilderness, unto the rock of Rimmon six hundred men, and they dwell in the rock Rimmon four months.
Surrounding context — Judges 20
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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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיִּפְנ֞וּH6437 · pa.nahto turnוַיָּנֻ֤סוּH5127 · nusto fleeהַמִּדְבָּ֙רָה֙H4057 · mid.barmouthאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)סֶ֣לַעH5553 · se.larockהָֽרִמּ֔וֹןH7417 · rim.monRimmonשֵׁ֥שׁH8337 · sheshsixמֵא֖וֹתH3967 · me.ahhundredאִ֑ישׁH376 · ishmanוַיֵּֽשְׁבוּ֙H3427 · ya.shavto dwellבְּסֶ֣לַעH5553 · se.larockרִמּ֔וֹןH7417 · rim.monRimmonאַרְבָּעָ֖הH702 · ar.bafourחֳדָשִֽׁים׃H2320 · cho.deshmonth
Cross-references
Jeremiah 14:7O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou [it] for thy name’s sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.Habakkuk 3:2O LORD, I have heard thy speech, [and] was afraid: O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy.Isaiah 1:9Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, [and] we should have been like unto Gomorrah.Psalm 103:9-10He will not always chide: neither will he keep [his anger] for ever.Lamentations 3:32But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.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.
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