Judges 20:1

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Then all the children of Israel took up arms, and the people came together like one man, from Dan to Beer-sheba, and the land of Gilead, before the Lord at Mizpah.

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  • Judg 11:11 : 11 So Jephthah went with the responsible men of Gilead, and the people made him head and chief over them; and Jephthah said all these things before the Lord in Mizpah.
  • Josh 22:12 : 12 Then all the meeting of the children of Israel, hearing this, came together at Shiloh to go up against them to war.
  • Judg 21:5 : 5 And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel, who did not come up to the Lord at the meeting of all Israel? For they had taken a great oath that whoever did not come up to Mizpah to the Lord was to be put to death.
  • 1 Sam 3:20 : 20 And it was clear to all Israel from Dan to Beer-sheba that Samuel had been made a prophet of the Lord.
  • 1 Sam 10:17 : 17 Then Samuel sent for the people to come together before the Lord at Mizpah;
  • 2 Sam 3:10 : 10 And if I do not take away the kingdom from the family of Saul and make David ruler over Israel and Judah from Dan as far as Beer-sheba!
  • 2 Sam 24:2 : 2 And the king said to Joab and the captains of the army, who were with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan as far as Beer-sheba, and have all the people numbered, so that I may be certain of the number of the people.
  • Neh 8:1 : 1 And when the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their towns. And all the people came together like one man into the wide place in front of the water-doorway; and they made a request to Ezra the scribe that he would put before them the book of the law of Moses which the Lord had given to Israel.
  • 2 Kgs 25:23 : 23 Now the captains of the armed forces, hearing that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah ruler, came with their men to Gedaliah at Mizpah; Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan, the son of Kareah, and Seraiah, the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah, the son of the Maacathite, came with all their men.
  • 1 Chr 21:2 : 2 And David said to Joab and the captains of the people, Now let all Israel, from Beer-sheba to Dan, be numbered; and give me word so that I may be certain of their number.
  • 2 Chr 30:5 : 5 So it was ordered that word was to be sent out through all Israel, from Beer-sheba to Dan, that they were to come to keep the Passover to the Lord, the God of Israel, at Jerusalem: because they had not kept it in great numbers in agreement with the law.
  • Ezra 3:1 : 1 And when the seventh month came, and the children of Israel were in the towns, the people came together like one man to Jerusalem.
  • 2 Sam 19:14 : 14 And the hearts of the men of Judah were moved like one man; so that they sent to the king, saying, Come back, with all your servants.
  • 1 Sam 11:7-8 : 7 And he took two oxen and, cutting them up, sent them through all the land of Israel by the hand of runners, saying, If any man does not come out after Saul and Samuel, this will be done to his oxen. And the fear of the Lord came on the people and they came out like one man. 8 And he had them numbered in Bezek: the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
  • 2 Sam 2:9 : 9 And made him king over Gilead and the Asherites and over Jezreel and Ephraim and Benjamin, that is, over all Israel.
  • 1 Sam 7:5-6 : 5 Then Samuel said, Let all Israel come to Mizpah and I will make prayer to the Lord for you. 6 So they came together to Mizpah, and got water, draining it out before the Lord, and they took no food that day, and they said, We have done evil against the Lord. And Samuel was judge of the children of Israel in Mizpah.
  • Judg 10:17 : 17 Then the children of Ammon came together and put their army in position in Gilead. And the children of Israel came together and put their army in position in Mizpah.
  • Judg 18:29 : 29 And they gave the town the name of Dan, after Dan their father, who was the son of Israel: though the town had been named Laish at first.
  • Judg 20:2 : 2 And the chiefs of the people, out of all the tribes of Israel, took their places in the meeting of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen armed with swords.
  • Judg 20:8 : 8 Then all the people got up as one man and said, Not one of us will go to his tent or go back to his house:
  • Judg 20:11 : 11 So all the men of Israel were banded together against the town, united like one man.
  • Judg 20:18 : 18 And they got up and went up to Beth-el to get directions from God, and the children of Israel said, Who is to be the first to go up to the fight against the children of Benjamin? And the Lord said, Judah is to go up first.
  • Judg 20:26 : 26 Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up to Beth-el, weeping and waiting there before the Lord, going without food all day till evening, and offering burned offerings and peace-offerings before the Lord.
  • Num 32:1 : 1 Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a great number of cattle: and when they saw that the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead was a good place for cattle;
  • Num 32:40 : 40 And Moses gave Gilead to Machir, the son of Manasseh; and he made it his living-place.
  • Deut 13:12-18 : 12 And if word comes to you, in one of the towns which the Lord your God is giving you for your resting-place, 13 That good-for-nothing persons have gone out from among you, turning the people of their town from the right way and saying, Let us go and give worship to other gods, of whom you have no knowledge; 14 Then let a full search be made, and let questions be put with care; and if it is true and certain that such a disgusting thing has been done among you; 15 Then take up arms against the people of that town and give it up to the curse, with all its cattle and everything in it. 16 And take all the goods into the middle of its open space, burning the town and all its property with fire as an offering to the Lord your God; it is to be a waste for ever; there is to be no more building there. 17 Keep not a thing of what is cursed for yourselves: so the Lord may be turned away from the heat of his wrath, and have mercy on you, and give you increase as he said in his oath to your fathers: 18 So long as you give ear to the voice of the Lord your God, and keep all his orders which I give you today, and do what is right in the eyes of the Lord your God.
  • Josh 15:38 : 38 And Dilan, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel;
  • Josh 17:1 : 1 And this was the part marked out for the tribe of Manasseh, because he was the oldest son of Joseph. As for Machir, the oldest son of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, because he was a man of war he had Gilead and Bashan.
  • Josh 18:26 : 26 And Mizpeh and Chephirah and Mozah

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Judg 10:17
    81%

    17 Then the children of Ammon came together and put their army in position in Gilead. And the children of Israel came together and put their army in position in Mizpah.

  • Judg 20:2-3
    2 verses
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    2 And the chiefs of the people, out of all the tribes of Israel, took their places in the meeting of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen armed with swords.

    3 (Now the children of Benjamin had word that the children of Israel had gone up to Mizpah.) And the children of Israel said, Make clear how this evil thing took place.

  • Judg 20:7-12
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    7 Here you all are, you children of Israel; give now your suggestions about what is to be done.

    8 Then all the people got up as one man and said, Not one of us will go to his tent or go back to his house:

    9 But this is what we will do to Gibeah: we will go up against it by the decision of the Lord;

    10 And we will take ten men out of every hundred, through all the tribes of Israel, a hundred out of every thousand, a thousand out of every ten thousand, to get food for the people, so that they may give to Gibeah of Benjamin the right punishment for the act of shame they have done in Israel.

    11 So all the men of Israel were banded together against the town, united like one man.

    12 And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin saying, What is this evil which has been done among you?

  • Josh 22:12
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    12 Then all the meeting of the children of Israel, hearing this, came together at Shiloh to go up against them to war.

  • 1 Sam 10:17
    76%

    17 Then Samuel sent for the people to come together before the Lord at Mizpah;

  • Judg 20:14
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    14 And the children of Benjamin came together from all their towns to Gibeah, to go to war with the children of Israel.

  • Judg 20:17-26
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    17 And the men of Israel, other than Benjamin, were four hundred thousand in number, all armed with swords; they were all men of war.

    18 And they got up and went up to Beth-el to get directions from God, and the children of Israel said, Who is to be the first to go up to the fight against the children of Benjamin? And the Lord said, Judah is to go up first.

    19 So the children of Israel got up in the morning and put themselves in position against Gibeah.

    20 And the men of Israel went out to war against Benjamin (and the men of Israel put their forces in fighting order against them at Gibeah).

    21 Then the children of Benjamin came out from Gibeah, cutting down twenty-two thousand of the Israelites that day.

    22 But the people, the men of Israel, taking heart again, put their forces in order and took up the same position as on the first day.

    23 Now the children of Israel went up, weeping before the Lord till evening, requesting the Lord and saying, Am I to go forward again to the fight against the children of Benjamin my brother? And the Lord said, Go up against him.

    24 So the children of Israel went forward against the children of Benjamin the second day.

    25 And the second day Benjamin went out against them from Gibeah, cutting down eighteen thousand men of the children of Israel, all swordsmen.

    26 Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up to Beth-el, weeping and waiting there before the Lord, going without food all day till evening, and offering burned offerings and peace-offerings before the Lord.

  • Judg 21:4-5
    2 verses
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    4 Then on the day after, the people got up early and made an altar there, offering burned offerings and peace-offerings.

    5 And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel, who did not come up to the Lord at the meeting of all Israel? For they had taken a great oath that whoever did not come up to Mizpah to the Lord was to be put to death.

  • 1 Sam 7:5-7
    3 verses
    74%

    5 Then Samuel said, Let all Israel come to Mizpah and I will make prayer to the Lord for you.

    6 So they came together to Mizpah, and got water, draining it out before the Lord, and they took no food that day, and they said, We have done evil against the Lord. And Samuel was judge of the children of Israel in Mizpah.

    7 Now when the Philistines had news that the children of Israel had come together at Mizpah, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And the children of Israel, hearing of it, were full of fear.

  • Judg 21:8
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    8 And they said, Which one of the tribes of Israel did not come up to Mizpah to the Lord? And it was seen that no one had come from Jabesh-gilead to the meeting.

  • Judg 7:23
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    23 And the men of Israel came together from Naphtali and from Asher and all Manasseh, and went after Midian.

  • 2 Sam 17:11
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    11 But my suggestion is that all Israel, from Dan as far as Beer-sheba, comes together to you, a great army like the sands of the sea in number; and that you yourself go out among them.

  • Josh 18:1
    72%

    1 And all the meeting of the children of Israel came together at Shiloh and put up the Tent of meeting there: and the land was crushed before them.

  • Judg 20:33-34
    2 verses
    72%

    33 So all the men of Israel got up and put themselves in fighting order at Baal-tamar: and those who had been waiting secretly to make a surprise attack came rushing out of their place on the west of Geba.

    34 And they came in front of Gibeah, ten thousand of the best men in all Israel, and the fighting became more violent; but the children of Benjamin were not conscious that evil was coming on them.

  • Judg 11:11
    71%

    11 So Jephthah went with the responsible men of Gilead, and the people made him head and chief over them; and Jephthah said all these things before the Lord in Mizpah.

  • Ezra 3:1
    71%

    1 And when the seventh month came, and the children of Israel were in the towns, the people came together like one man to Jerusalem.

  • Neh 8:1
    70%

    1 And when the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their towns. And all the people came together like one man into the wide place in front of the water-doorway; and they made a request to Ezra the scribe that he would put before them the book of the law of Moses which the Lord had given to Israel.

  • Judg 20:30
    70%

    30 And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and put themselves in fighting order against Gibeah as before.

  • Judg 21:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1 Now the men of Israel had taken an oath in Mizpah, saying, Not one of us will give his daughter as a wife to Benjamin.

    2 And the people came to Beth-el, waiting there till evening before God, and gave themselves up to bitter weeping.

  • Josh 9:2
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    2 Came together with one purpose, to make war against Joshua and Israel.

  • Josh 22:15
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    15 And they came to the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh, to the land of Gilead, and said to them,

  • 1 Kgs 20:27
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    27 And the children of Israel got themselves together, and food was made ready and they went against them; the tents of the children of Israel were like two little flocks of goats before them, but all the country was full of the Aramaeans.

  • Judg 6:33
    69%

    33 Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the people of the east, banding themselves together, went over and put up their tents in the valley of Jezreel.

  • Hos 1:11
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    11 And the children of Israel and the children of Judah will come together and take for themselves one head, and will go up from the land, for great will be the day of Jezreel.

  • Num 1:38
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    38 The generations of the sons of Dan were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years and over who was able to go to war;

  • Neh 9:1
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    1 Now on the twenty-fourth day of this month the children of Israel came together, taking no food and putting haircloth and dust on their bodies.

  • Num 1:45
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    45 So all those who were numbered of the children of Israel, by their families, all those of twenty years old and over who were able to go to war,

  • Judg 21:24
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    24 Then the children of Israel went away from there, every man to his tribe and his family, every man went back to his heritage.

  • 2 Chr 20:4
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    4 And Judah came together to make prayer for help from the Lord; from every town of Judah they came to give worship to the Lord.

  • Num 22:1
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    1 Then the children of Israel, journeying on, put up their tents in the lowlands of Moab, on the other side of Jordan at Jericho.