Judges 20:21

The men of the tribe of Benjamin came out of Gibeah and fought against them, and they killed 22,000 Israeli men on that day.

Translation for Translators

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 went to fight against the men from the tribe of Benjamin, and stood in their positions for fighting a battle, facing Gibeah.

22Late that afternoon, the remaining Israeli men went to the place of worship and cried until the sun set. Then they asked Yahweh, “Should we attack the men of the tribe of Benjamin again, even though they are our fellow Israelis?” Yahweh replied, “Yes, attack them again.” So the Israeli men encouraged each other.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 23:9“When your soldiers are living in tents at a time of fighting your enemies, they must avoid doing things that would make them unacceptable to God.

2 Chronicles 28:10And now you want to sin by causing men and women from Judah to become your slaves, but you have certainly also sinned against Yahweh our God!

Psalms 73:18Now I know that you will surely put them in slippery places, and they will fall down and die.

Ecclesiastes 9:1I thought about all those things, and I concluded that God controls what happens to everyone, even those who are wise and those who are righteous. No one knows whether others will love them or whether they will hate them.

Hosea 10:9You people of Israel, ever since your ancestors did evil things at Gibeah, you have continued to sin. When the people at [PRS] Gibeah did evil things, the result was a war in which thousands of people died.

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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