Judges 20:47

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

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  • Judg 21:13 : 13 Then the whole assembly sent a message to the Benjaminites at the rock of Rimmon, and they offered them peace.
  • Ps 103:9-9 : 9 He will not always accuse, nor will He harbor His anger forever. 10 He does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities.
  • Isa 1:9 : 9 Unless the LORD of hosts had left us a few survivors, we would have been like Sodom, we would have been like Gomorrah.
  • Jer 14:7 : 7 Though our iniquities testify against us, LORD, act for the sake of Your name. Indeed, our backslidings are many; we have sinned against You.
  • Lam 3:32 : 32 For though He causes grief, He will show compassion according to the abundance of His steadfast love.
  • Hab 3:2 : 2 LORD, I have heard of Your fame and stand in awe of Your deeds. LORD, revive Your work in the midst of the years; in the midst of the years, make it known; in wrath, remember mercy.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Judg 20:39-46
    8 verses
    88%

    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.'

    40But when the column of smoke began to rise from the city, the Benjaminites turned back and saw the entire city going up in smoke toward the sky.

    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 20:12-17
    6 verses
    77%

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

    13Now hand over the wicked men of Gibeah so that we may put them to death and purge the evil from Israel." But the Benjaminites would not listen to their fellow Israelites.

    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.

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

  • Judg 20:30-37
    8 verses
    74%

    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.

    37The men in ambush hurried and rushed upon Gibeah. They spread out and struck the entire city with the sword.

  • Judg 21:13
    74%

    13Then the whole assembly sent a message to the Benjaminites at the rock of Rimmon, and they offered them peace.

  • Judg 20:24-25
    2 verses
    73%

    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 20:19-21
    3 verses
    73%

    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.

  • 1 Kgs 20:30
    73%

    30The rest of the Arameans fled to the city of Aphek, where a wall collapsed on 27,000 of them. Meanwhile, Ben-Hadad fled to the city and hid in an inner room.

  • Judg 20:48
    72%

    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.

  • Num 1:36-37
    2 verses
    71%

    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.

  • Judg 20:10
    71%

    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.

  • Num 26:41
    70%

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

  • 1 Chr 5:18
    69%

    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.

  • Judg 20:2-3
    2 verses
    69%

    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.

    3The people of Benjamin heard that the Israelites had gone up to Mizpah. The Israelites said, "Tell us, how did this terrible crime happen?"

  • Neh 7:30
    68%

    30The men of Ramah and Geba: 621.

  • 2 Sam 2:25
    68%

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

  • 2 Chr 17:17
    68%

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

  • 1 Sam 13:6
    68%

    6When the men of Israel saw that they were in a difficult situation and that the enemy was pressing them hard, they hid themselves in caves, thickets, rocks, pits, and cisterns.

  • Judg 21:15
    68%

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

  • 1 Kgs 20:19-20
    2 verses
    68%

    19The young men of the provincial leaders marched out of the city, followed by the army.

    20Each man struck down his opponent, and the Arameans fled with Israel pursuing them. Ben-Hadad, king of Aram, escaped on horseback along with some cavalry.

  • Judg 7:22
    67%

    22When 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.

  • 1 Chr 12:16
    67%

    16These are the ones who crossed the Jordan in the first month when it was overflowing its banks. They drove out all the people living in the valleys, both to the east and to the west.

  • Judg 21:6
    67%

    6The Israelites grieved for Benjamin, their brother, and said, 'Today one tribe has been cut off from Israel.'

  • 2 Sam 2:31
    67%

    31But David’s men had struck down three hundred and sixty men from Benjamin and Abner’s followers, who died in battle.

  • 2 Sam 19:17
    67%

    17Shimei son of Gera, the Benjaminite from Bahurim, hurried down with the men of Judah to meet King David.

  • 2 Sam 18:7
    67%

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