Judges 20:17

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The Israelites, apart from Benjamin, mustered four hundred thousand soldiers armed with swords, all experienced warriors.

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  • Num 1:46 : 46 The total number of those counted was 603,550.
  • Num 26:51 : 51 The total number of the Israelites registered was 601,730.
  • Judg 20:2 : 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.
  • 1 Sam 11:8 : 8 When Saul mustered them at Bezek, there were three hundred thousand Israelites and thirty thousand men of Judah.
  • 1 Sam 15:4 : 4 Saul summoned the people and mustered them at Telaim—200,000 foot soldiers and 10,000 men of Judah.
  • 1 Chr 21:5 : 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.
  • 2 Chr 17:14-18 : 14 Here is the count of their enrollment by their families: From Judah, the commanders of thousands: Adnah, the commander, with 300,000 mighty men of valor. 15 Next to him was Jehohanan, the commander, with 280,000 men. 16 Next to him was Amasiah, son of Zichri, who volunteered himself to the LORD, with 200,000 mighty men of valor. 17 From Benjamin: Eliada, a mighty man of valor, with 200,000 men armed with bows and shields. 18 Next to him was Jehozabad, with 180,000 armed men prepared for battle.

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  • Judg 20:2
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    2The 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.

  • Judg 20:14-16
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    14Instead, the Benjaminites gathered from their cities to Gibeah to go out to battle against the Israelites.

    15On that day, the Benjaminites mustered twenty-six thousand men armed with swords from their towns, not counting the seven hundred elite troops from Gibeah.

    16Among 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.

  • Judg 20:30-35
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    30On the third day, the Israelites went up against the Benjaminites and took up their positions against Gibeah, as they had done before.

    31The 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.

    32The 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."

    33All 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.

    34Ten 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.

    35The LORD struck down Benjamin before Israel, and the Israelites killed twenty-five thousand one hundred Benjaminites that day, all armed with swords.

  • Judg 20:18-22
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    18The Israelites went up to Bethel and inquired of God. They said, "Who of us shall go up first to fight against the Benjaminites?" The LORD replied, "Judah shall go first."

    19The next morning the Israelites got up and camped near Gibeah.

    20The Israelites went out to fight the Benjaminites and took up battle positions against them at Gibeah.

    21The Benjaminites came out of Gibeah and cut down twenty-two thousand Israelites on the battlefield that day.

    22But the Israelites encouraged one another and again took up their positions where they had stationed themselves the first day.

  • Judg 20:44-48
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    44Eighteen thousand men of Benjamin fell, all valiant warriors.

    45The 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.

    46That day, twenty-five thousand sword-wielding men of Benjamin fell, all of them valiant warriors.

    47But six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness, to the rock of Rimmon, where they stayed for four months.

    48The 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.

  • 1 Chr 21:5
    82%

    5Joab 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.

  • Judg 20:24-25
    2 verses
    82%

    24Then the Israelites approached the Benjaminites on the second day.

    25On 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 20:39
    82%

    39When 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.'

  • 2 Chr 17:17-18
    2 verses
    81%

    17From Benjamin: Eliada, a mighty man of valor, with 200,000 men armed with bows and shields.

    18Next to him was Jehozabad, with 180,000 armed men prepared for battle.

  • Num 1:36-37
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    80%

    36The 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.

    37The number from the tribe of Benjamin was 35,400.

  • 1 Chr 5:18
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    18The 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.

  • 2 Sam 24:9
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    9Joab reported the number of the people to the king: Israel had eight hundred thousand able men who could handle a sword, and Judah had five hundred thousand.

  • 1 Chr 12:37
    79%

    37From the tribe of Asher, there were 40,000 experienced warriors ready for battle.

  • 2 Chr 14:8
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    8Then Zerah the Cushite marched out against them with an army of a million men and 300 chariots, and he came as far as Mareshah.

  • Judg 20:10-11
    2 verses
    78%

    10We 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.

    11So all the men of Israel were united together as one man against the city.

  • Num 2:23
    77%

    23The army of his division numbers 35,400.

  • 1 Sam 11:8
    76%

    8When Saul mustered them at Bezek, there were three hundred thousand Israelites and thirty thousand men of Judah.

  • 1 Chr 12:24
    75%

    24From the tribe of Judah, carrying shields and spears: 6,800 armed for battle.

  • 2 Sam 18:7
    75%

    7There, the army of Israel was defeated by David's servants, and the casualties were heavy that day—twenty thousand men.

  • 1 Chr 7:11
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    11All the sons of Jediael, counted among the heads of their ancestral families and mighty warriors prepared for battle, totaled seventeen thousand two hundred.

  • 1 Kgs 20:15
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    15So 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.

  • Num 26:41
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    41These were the descendants of Benjamin according to their families, and their registered men were 45,600.

  • 1 Sam 4:2
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    2The Philistines set their forces against Israel, and the battle began. Israel was defeated by the Philistines, and about four thousand men were killed on the battlefield.

  • 2 Chr 13:17
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    17Abijah and his army inflicted a severe defeat on them, and five hundred thousand of Israel’s chosen men were killed.

  • 1 Chr 7:9
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    9Their family records and registrations listed them as the heads of their ancestral families, mighty warriors totaling twenty thousand two hundred.

  • 1 Kgs 12:21
    74%

    21When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin—a total of 180,000 able young men to go to war against Israel and to regain the kingdom for Rehoboam son of Solomon.

  • Josh 4:13
    74%

    13About forty thousand armed for battle crossed over before the LORD to the plains of Jericho, ready for war.

  • 2 Chr 11:1
    73%

    1When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he gathered the house of Judah and Benjamin—one hundred and eighty thousand chosen warriors—to go to war against Israel to restore the kingdom to Rehoboam.

  • 1 Chr 7:5
    73%

    5Their brothers among all the families of Issachar were mighty warriors, with a total of eighty-seven thousand registered in all.

  • 1 Sam 15:4
    73%

    4Saul summoned the people and mustered them at Telaim—200,000 foot soldiers and 10,000 men of Judah.