Judges 20:21

And the sons of Benjamin went forth from Gibeah, and they destroyed in Israel on that day two and twenty thousand men down to the ground.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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

20And they went out, all the men of Israel, to fight with Benjamin, and engaged with them at Gibeah.

22And the men of Israel strengthened themselves, and again engaged in battle in the place where they had engaged on the first day.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 23:9If sons be born to them, in the third generation they shall enter into the assembly of the Lord.

2 Chronicles 28:10And now ye talk of keeping the children of Judah and Jerusalem for servants and handmaids. Lo, am I not with you to testify for the Lord your God?

Psalms 73:18Remember this thy creation: an enemy has reproached the Lord, 1 And a foolish people has provoked thy name. 1

Ecclesiastes 9:1I saw that the righteous, and the wise, 1 And their works, are in the hand of God: 1 Yea, there is no man that knows either love or hatred, 1 Though all are before their face. 1

Hosea 10:9From the time the hills existed Israel has sinned: there they stood: war waged against the children of iniquity

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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