Judges 20:16
Among all these were seven hundred elite troops who were left-handed, each of them able to sling a stone at a hair and not miss.
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King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded; every one could sling stones at an hair breadth, and not miss.
KJV1611 – Modern English
Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men left-handed; every one could sling stones at a hair's breadth, and not miss.
King James Version 1611 (Original)
Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded; every one could sling stones at an hair breadth, and not miss.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
Among all this people{H5971} there were seven{H7651} hundred{H3967} chosen{H977} men{H376} lefthanded;{H3027} every one could sling{H7049} stones{H68} at a hair-breadth,{H8185} and not miss.{H2398}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
Among all this people{H5971} there were seven{H7651} hundred{H3967} chosen{H977}{(H8803)} men{H376} lefthanded{H334}{H3027}{H3225}; every one could sling{H7049}{(H8802)} stones{H68} at an hair{H8185} breadth, and not miss{H2398}{(H8686)}.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
And amoge all this people there were chosen out seuen hundreth men, which vsed not the right hande but the lefte, and yet wt the slynge coulde they touch an heer, and not mysse.
Geneva Bible (1560)
Of all this people were seuen hundreth chosen men, being left handed: all these could sling stones at an heare breadth, and not faile.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
And among all these folke, were seuen hundred chosen men beyng left handed, whiche euery one coulde flyng stones at an heere breadth, and not misse.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
Among all this people [there were] seven hundred chosen men lefthanded; every one could sling stones at an hair [breadth], and not miss.
Webster's Bible (1833)
Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men left-handed; everyone could sling stones at a hair-breadth, and not miss.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
among all this people `are' seven hundred chosen men, bound of their right hand, each of these slinging with a stone at the hair, and he doth not err.
American Standard Version (1901)
Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded; every one could sling stones at a hair-breadth, and not miss.
American Standard Version (1901)
Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded; every one could sling stones at a hair-breadth, and not miss.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
Who were left-handed, able to send a stone at a hair without error.
World English Bible (2000)
Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men left-handed; everyone could sling stones at a hair-breadth, and not miss.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
Among this army were seven hundred specially-trained left-handed soldiers. Each one could sling a stone and hit even the smallest target.
Referenced Verses
- Judg 3:15 : 15 Then the Israelites cried out to the Lord, and He raised up for them a deliverer, Ehud son of Gera, a Benjamite, a left-handed man. The Israelites sent him to deliver their tribute to Eglon, king of Moab.
- 1 Chr 12:2 : 2 They were armed with bows and could shoot arrows or sling stones with their right or left hand; they were from Saul’s tribe, the Benjaminites.
- 2 Chr 26:14 : 14 Uzziah provided the entire army with shields, spears, helmets, coats of armor, bows, and slings for stones.
- 1 Sam 17:40 : 40 He took his staff in his hand, chose five smooth stones from the stream, placed them in the pouch of his shepherd’s bag, and, with his sling in hand, approached the Philistine.
- 1 Sam 17:49-50 : 49 David reached into his bag, took out a stone, slung it, and struck the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell facedown to the ground. 50 So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone. Without a sword in his hand, he struck down the Philistine and killed him.
- 1 Sam 25:29 : 29 Even though someone pursues you to take your life, the life of my lord will be securely bound in the bundle of the living by the Lord your God. But the lives of your enemies he will hurl away as from the pocket of a sling.
Similar Verses (AI)
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- Judg 20:14-152 verses84%
14 Instead, the Benjaminites gathered from their cities to Gibeah to go out to battle against the Israelites.
15 On that day, the Benjaminites mustered twenty-six thousand men armed with swords from their towns, not counting the seven hundred elite troops from Gibeah.
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17 The Israelites, apart from Benjamin, mustered four hundred thousand soldiers armed with swords, all experienced warriors.
- 1 Chr 12:1-22 verses79%
1 These are the men who came to David at Ziklag while he was still banished because of Saul, son of Kish. They were among the warriors who helped in battle.
2 They were armed with bows and could shoot arrows or sling stones with their right or left hand; they were from Saul’s tribe, the Benjaminites.
- Judg 20:44-485 verses74%
44 Eighteen thousand men of Benjamin fell, all valiant warriors.
45 The rest turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, but the Israelites killed five thousand of them along the roads. They pursued them as far as Gidom and struck down another two thousand.
46 That day, twenty-five thousand sword-wielding men of Benjamin fell, all of them valiant warriors.
47 But six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness, to the rock of Rimmon, where they stayed for four months.
48 The men of Israel went back to Benjamin and put the cities to the sword, including the people, livestock, and everything they found. They also set fire to all the cities they came upon.
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39 When the Israelites turned in the battle, the Benjaminites had begun killing about thirty Israelites and thought, 'We are defeating them as in the first battle.'
- Judg 20:30-378 verses73%
30 On the third day, the Israelites went up against the Benjaminites and took up their positions against Gibeah, as they had done before.
31 The Benjaminites came out to meet them and were drawn away from the city. They began to inflict casualties on the Israelites as they had done before—about thirty men—in the open country, on the roads leading to Bethel and Gibeah.
32 The Benjaminites thought, "We are defeating them as before." But the Israelites said, "Let us retreat and draw them away from the city to the roads."
33 All the men of Israel rose up from their places and took their positions at Baal Tamar, while the Israelite ambush broke out of its place west of Gibeah.
34 Ten thousand of Israel's finest men advanced against Gibeah, and the battle was fierce. But the Benjaminites did not realize that disaster was closing in on them.
35 The LORD struck down Benjamin before Israel, and the Israelites killed twenty-five thousand one hundred Benjaminites that day, all armed with swords.
36 Then the Benjaminites saw that they were defeated. The Israelites had given ground to the Benjaminites because they relied on the ambush they had set near Gibeah.
37 The men in ambush hurried and rushed upon Gibeah. They spread out and struck the entire city with the sword.
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25 On the second day, the Benjaminites came out from Gibeah to meet the Israelites and struck down another eighteen thousand Israelites, all of them armed with swords.
- Judg 20:20-212 verses72%
20 The Israelites went out to fight the Benjaminites and took up battle positions against them at Gibeah.
21 The Benjaminites came out of Gibeah and cut down twenty-two thousand Israelites on the battlefield that day.
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17 From Benjamin: Eliada, a mighty man of valor, with 200,000 men armed with bows and shields.
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2 The leaders of all the people, of all the tribes of Israel, took their positions in the assembly of the people of God—four hundred thousand soldiers armed with swords.
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10 We will take ten men out of every hundred, a hundred out of every thousand, and a thousand out of every ten thousand across all the tribes of Israel. They will gather provisions for the army, so we can act against Gibeah in Benjamin for their disgraceful act in Israel.
11 So all the men of Israel were united together as one man against the city.
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8 Then Zerah the Cushite marched out against them with an army of a million men and 300 chariots, and he came as far as Mareshah.
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18 The Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had valiant men who carried shields and swords, drew bows, and were trained for war. They numbered 44,760 men ready for battle.
- Num 1:36-372 verses69%
36 The descendants of Benjamin were recorded by their generations, by their families, and by their ancestral houses, counting the names of all the males twenty years old or older, all able to serve in the army.
37 The number from the tribe of Benjamin was 35,400.
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7 There, the army of Israel was defeated by David's servants, and the casualties were heavy that day—twenty thousand men.
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37 From the tribe of Asher, there were 40,000 experienced warriors ready for battle.
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40 He took his staff in his hand, chose five smooth stones from the stream, placed them in the pouch of his shepherd’s bag, and, with his sling in hand, approached the Philistine.
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29 For seven days, the two armies camped opposite each other. On the seventh day, the battle began, and the Israelites struck down 100,000 Aramean foot soldiers in one day.
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22 When the three hundred trumpets sounded, the LORD caused the men throughout the camp to turn on each other with their swords. The army fled to Beth Shittah toward Zererah, as far as the border of Abel Meholah near Tabbath.
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5 Joab presented the results of the census to David: There were in Israel 1,100,000 warriors who drew the sword, and in Judah 470,000 who drew the sword.
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12 'We will come upon him wherever he is found, and we will fall on him like dew settling on the ground. Not even one of his men will survive.'
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42 They fled before the Israelites toward the wilderness, but they were overtaken, and those who came out of the cities destroyed them.
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11 All the sons of Jediael, counted among the heads of their ancestral families and mighty warriors prepared for battle, totaled seventeen thousand two hundred.
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24 From the tribe of Judah, carrying shields and spears: 6,800 armed for battle.
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16 Saul's lookouts at Gibeah of Benjamin saw the Philistine army melting away in all directions.
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9 Their family records and registrations listed them as the heads of their ancestral families, mighty warriors totaling twenty thousand two hundred.
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6 He threw stones at David and all the servants of King David, even though all the people and the mighty warriors surrounded him on his right and left.
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15 So Ahab mustered the young men of the provincial leaders, and there were two hundred thirty-two of them. After them, he assembled all the people of Israel—seven thousand in total.
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7 The shaft of his spear was like a weaver's beam, and its iron spearhead weighed six hundred shekels. His shield-bearer went ahead of him.
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10 Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with their army, about fifteen thousand men, all that was left of the army of the sons of the east. One hundred twenty thousand sword-wielding men had fallen.
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8 When Saul mustered them at Bezek, there were three hundred thousand Israelites and thirty thousand men of Judah.
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31 But David’s men had struck down three hundred and sixty men from Benjamin and Abner’s followers, who died in battle.