Judges 20:22

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

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  • Judg 20:15 : 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.
  • Judg 20:17 : 17 The Israelites, apart from Benjamin, mustered four hundred thousand soldiers armed with swords, all experienced warriors.
  • 1 Sam 30:6 : 6 David was greatly distressed because the people talked about stoning him. They were all bitter in spirit because of their sons and daughters, but David found strength in the Lord his God.
  • 2 Sam 11:25 : 25 David said to the messenger, 'Say this to Joab: Don’t let this thing upset you, for the sword devours one as well as another. Press your attack against the city and destroy it. Encourage him.'
  • Ps 64:5 : 5 They shoot from hiding places at the innocent; they shoot suddenly, without fear.

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  • Judg 20:17-21
    5 verses
    84%

    17The Israelites, apart from Benjamin, mustered four hundred thousand soldiers armed with swords, all experienced warriors.

    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.

  • Judg 20:23-36
    14 verses
    80%

    23The Israelites went up and wept before the LORD until evening, and they inquired of the LORD. They asked, "Shall we go up again to wage war against the Benjaminites, our brothers?" The LORD answered, "Go up against them."

    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.

    26Then all the Israelites, the entire army, went up to Bethel, wept, sat before the LORD, and fasted that day until evening. They offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings before the LORD.

    27And the Israelites inquired of the LORD (the Ark of the Covenant of God was there in those days),

    28and Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, was ministering before it. They asked, "Shall we go up again to fight against the Benjaminites, our brothers, or shall we stop?" The LORD answered, "Go, for tomorrow I will give them into your hands."

    29Then Israel set men in ambush around Gibeah.

    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.

    36Then 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.

  • Judg 20:39
    78%

    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.'

  • Judg 20:14-15
    2 verses
    77%

    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.

  • 1 Sam 17:21
    74%

    21Israel and the Philistines were drawing up their lines, facing each other.

  • Judg 20:41-46
    6 verses
    74%

    41Then the Israelites turned on them, and the Benjaminites were terrified because they saw that disaster had overtaken them.

    42They fled before the Israelites toward the wilderness, but they were overtaken, and those who came out of the cities destroyed them.

    43They surrounded the Benjaminites, pursued them, and overran them until they were opposite Gibeah on the east side.

    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.

  • Judg 20:10-12
    3 verses
    73%

    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.

    12The tribes of Israel sent men throughout the tribe of Benjamin, saying, "What is this awful crime that has been committed among you?"

  • Judg 20:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1Then all the Israelites went out, and the entire assembly came together as one man, from Dan to Beersheba and the land of Gilead, to the LORD at Mizpah.

    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.

  • 2 Sam 18:7
    72%

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

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

    21The Hebrews who had previously been with the Philistines and had gone up with them to their camp changed sides and joined the Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan.

    22When all the Israelites who had hidden in the hill country of Ephraim heard that the Philistines were fleeing, they also joined the battle in hot pursuit.

  • Josh 22:12
    70%

    12When the Israelites heard this, the whole assembly gathered at Shiloh to go to war against them.

  • 1 Sam 17:2
    70%

    2Saul and the men of Israel also gathered and camped in the Valley of Elah, arranging themselves for battle against the Philistines.

  • 1 Sam 4:2
    70%

    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.

  • 1 Kgs 20:29
    70%

    29For 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.

  • Judg 20:48
    70%

    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.

  • Judg 7:23
    70%

    23The men of Israel from Naphtali, Asher, and all Manasseh were called out, and they pursued the Midianites.

  • 1 Chr 19:13
    70%

    13Be strong, and let us show courage for the sake of our people and the cities of our God. And may the LORD do what is good in His sight.

  • 1 Sam 4:9
    69%

    9Be strong and act like men, Philistines, or you will become slaves to the Hebrews as they were slaves to you. Be men and fight!

  • 2 Sam 2:25
    69%

    25The men of Benjamin rallied to Abner, formed a single group, and took their stand on the top of a hill.

  • Deut 20:3
    69%

    3He shall say to them: 'Hear, O Israel, you are about to go into battle against your enemies. Do not let your hearts be faint; do not be afraid, panic, or dread them.'

  • 1 Kgs 20:25
    69%

    25You must assemble an army like the one you lost, with horses and chariots like the ones before. Then we will fight them on the plains, and surely we will be stronger than they are." Ben-Hadad listened to their advice and did as they instructed.

  • 2 Sam 10:12
    69%

    12Be strong, and let us show strength for the sake of our people and the cities of our God. May the LORD do what seems good to Him.

  • Judg 21:15
    69%

    15The people of Israel grieved for Benjamin because the LORD had created a gap in the tribes of Israel.