Judges 20:22

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • Judg 20:15 : 15 And the children of Benjamin who came that day from the towns were twenty-six thousand men armed with swords, in addition to the people of Gibeah, numbering seven hundred of the best fighting-men,
  • Judg 20:17 : 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.
  • 1 Sam 30:6 : 6 And David was greatly troubled; for the people were talking of stoning him, because their hearts were bitter, every man sorrowing for his sons and his daughters: but David made himself strong in the Lord his God.
  • 2 Sam 11:25 : 25 Then David said to the man, Go and say to Joab, Do not let this be a grief to you; for one man may come to his death by the sword like another: put up an even stronger fight against the town, and take it: and do you put heart into him.
  • Ps 64:5 : 5 They make themselves strong in an evil purpose; they make holes for secret nets; they say, Who will see it,

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  • Judg 20:17-21
    5 verses
    84%

    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.

  • Judg 20:23-36
    14 verses
    80%

    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.

    27 And the children of Israel made request to the Lord, (for the ark of the agreement of the Lord was there in those days,

    28 And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, was in his place before it,) and said, Am I still to go on with the fight against the children of Benjamin my brother, or am I to give it up? And the Lord said, Go on; for tomorrow I will give him into your hands.

    29 So Israel put men secretly all round Gibeah to make a surprise attack on it.

    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.

    31 And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, moving away from the town; and as before, at their first attack, they put to death about thirty men of Israel on the highways, of which one goes up to Beth-el and the other to Gibeah, and in the open country.

    32 And the children of Benjamin said, They are giving way before us as at first. But the children of Israel said, Let us go in flight and get them away from the town, into the highways.

    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.

    35 Then the Lord sent sudden fear on Benjamin before Israel; and that day the children of Israel put to death twenty-five thousand, one hundred men of Benjamin, all of them swordsmen.

    36 So the children of Benjamin saw that they were overcome: and the men of Israel had given way before Benjamin, putting their faith in the watchers who were to make the surprise attack on Gibeah.

  • Judg 20:39
    78%

    39 The men of Israel were to make a turn about in the fight. And Benjamin had overcome and put to death about thirty of the men of Israel, and were saying, Certainly they are falling back before us as in the first fight.

  • Judg 20:14-15
    2 verses
    77%

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

    15 And the children of Benjamin who came that day from the towns were twenty-six thousand men armed with swords, in addition to the people of Gibeah, numbering seven hundred of the best fighting-men,

  • 1 Sam 17:21
    74%

    21 And Israel and the Philistines had put their forces in position, army against army.

  • Judg 20:41-46
    6 verses
    74%

    41 And the men of Israel had made a turn about, and the men of Benjamin were overcome with fear, for they saw that evil had overtaken them.

    42 So turning their backs on the men of Israel, they went in the direction of the waste land; but the fight overtook them; and those who came out of the town were heading them off and putting them to the sword.

    43 And crushing Benjamin down, they went after them, driving them from Nohah as far as the east side of Gibeah.

    44 Eighteen thousand men of Benjamin came to their death, all strong men of war.

    45 And turning, they went in flight to the rock of Rimmon in the waste land: and on the highways five thousand of them were cut off by the men of Israel, who, pushing on hard after them to Geba, put to death two thousand more.

    46 So twenty-five thousand of the swordsmen of Benjamin came to their end that day, all strong men of war.

  • Judg 20:10-12
    3 verses
    73%

    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?

  • Judg 20:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1 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.

    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.

  • 2 Sam 18:7
    72%

    7 And the people of Israel were overcome there by the servants of David, and there was a great destruction that day, and twenty thousand men were put to the sword.

  • 1 Sam 14:21-22
    2 verses
    71%

    21 Then the Hebrews who had been with the Philistines for some time, and had gone up with them to their tents, turning round were joined to those who were with Saul and Jonathan.

    22 And all the men of Israel who had taken cover in the hill-country of Ephraim, hearing that the Philistines had been put to flight, went after them, attacking them.

  • Josh 22:12
    70%

    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 17:2
    70%

    2 And Saul and the men of Israel came together and took up their position in the valley of Elah, and put their forces in order against the Philistines.

  • 1 Sam 4:2
    70%

    2 And the Philistines put their forces in order against Israel, and the fighting was hard, and Israel was overcome by the Philistines, who put to the sword about four thousand of their army in the field.

  • 1 Kgs 20:29
    70%

    29 Now the two armies kept their positions facing one another for seven days. And on the seventh day the fight was started; and the children of Israel put to the sword a hundred thousand Aramaean footmen in one day.

  • Judg 20:48
    70%

    48 And the men of Israel, turning again against the children of Benjamin, put to the sword without mercy all the towns and the cattle and everything there was, burning every town which came into their hands.

  • Judg 7:23
    70%

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

  • 1 Chr 19:13
    70%

    13 Take heart, and let us be strong for our people and for the towns of our God; and may the Lord do what seems good to him.

  • 1 Sam 4:9
    69%

    9 Be strong, O Philistines, be men! Do not be servants to the Hebrews as they have been to you: go forward to the fight without fear.

  • 2 Sam 2:25
    69%

    25 And the men of Benjamin came together after Abner in one band, and took their places on the top of a hill.

  • Deut 20:3
    69%

    3 Give ear, O Israel: today you are going forward to the fight; let your heart be strong; do not let uncontrolled fear overcome you because of those who are against you;

  • 1 Kgs 20:25
    69%

    25 And get together another army like the one which came to destruction, horse for horse, and carriage for carriage; and let us make war on them in the lowlands, and certainly we will be stronger than they. And he gave ear to what they said, and did so.

  • 2 Sam 10:12
    69%

    12 Take heart, and let us be strong for our people and for the towns of our God, and may the Lord do what seems good to him.

  • Judg 21:15
    69%

    15 And the people were moved with pity for Benjamin, because the Lord had let his wrath loose on the tribes of Israel.