Judges 20:46

So then it came to pass that, all the fallen of Benjamin, were twenty-five thousand men, that drew the sword, on that day,—all these being men of valour.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

45And, when they turned and fled towards the desert unto the cliff Rimmon, then gleaned they of them, in the highways, five thousand men,—and they followed hard after them as far as Gidom, and smote of them, two thousand men.

47But there turned and fled, towards the desert, unto the cliff Rimmon, six hundred men,—who abode in the cliff Rimmon, four months.

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Cross References

Judges 20:35Thus Yahweh smote Benjamin before Israel, and the sons of Israel destroyed in Benjamin, that day, twenty-five thousand and one hundred men,—all these, drew the sword.

Matthew Henry on Judges 20:27-48

The Defeat of the Benjamites. ( b. c. 1410.) 26 Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came unto the house of God, and wept, and sat there before the Lord , and fasted that day until even, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord . 27 And the children of Israel enquired of the Lord , (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days, 28 And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days,) saying, Shall I yet again go out to… Read the whole commentary →

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