Judges 20:21

But the Benjamites came out of Gibeah and slaughtered twenty-two thousand Israelites on the battlefield that day.

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In The 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.

In Context

20Then they marched out for battle with the army of Benjamin, taking up their positions to attack Gibeah.

22But the Israelites encouraged one another to be confident, and they took up the same positions they had on the first day.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 23:9When you are in an army camp during a war with your enemies, make sure you avoid anything wrong.

2 Chronicles 28:10Now you're planning to turn these people from Judah and Jerusalem into slaves. But aren't you also guilty of sinning against the Lord your God?

Psalms 73:18For you send them on a slippery path; you throw them down to destruction.

Ecclesiastes 9:1I had my mind consider all this. Wise and good people and everything they do are in God's hands. Love or hate—who knows what will happen to them?

Hosea 10:9Since the days of Gibeah you have been sinning, Israel, and you haven't changed. Do the people of Gibeah think that war will not come to them?

Matthew Henry on Judges 20:19-26

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… Read the whole commentary →

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