Judges 20:48
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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King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, as well the men of every city, as the beast, and all that came to hand: also they set on fire all the cities that they came to.
KJV1611 – Modern English
And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and struck them with the edge of the sword, both the men of every city, and the beasts, and all that came to hand; also they set on fire all the cities they came to.
King James Version 1611 (Original)
And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, as well the men of every city, as the beast, and all that came to hand: also they set on fire all the cities that they came to.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
And the men{H376} of Israel{H3478} turned again{H7725} upon the children{H1121} of Benjamin,{H1144} and smote{H5221} them with the edge{H6310} of the sword,{H2719} both the entire{H4974} city,{H5892} and{H5704} the cattle,{H929} and all that they found:{H4672} moreover all the cities{H5892} which they found{H4672} they set{H7971} on fire.{H784}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
And the men{H376} of Israel{H3478} turned again{H7725}{(H8804)} upon the children{H1121} of Benjamin{H1144}, and smote{H5221}{(H8686)} them with the edge{H6310} of the sword{H2719}, as well the men{H4974} of every city{H5892}, as{H5704} the beast{H929}, and all that came to hand{H4672}{(H8737)}: also they set{H7971}{(H8765)} on fire{H784} all the cities{H5892} that they came to{H4672}{(H8737)}.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the men of Israel came agayne to the children of BenIamin, and smote them that were in the cite with ye edge of the swerde, both me and catell and all that was founde: and what soeuer was foude in the cite, they cast it in to the fyre.
Geneva Bible (1560)
Then the men of Israel returned vnto the children of Beniamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword from the men of the citie vnto the beasts, and all that came to hand: also they set on fire all the cities that they coulde come by.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
And the men of Israel turned backe againe vnto the children of Beniamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword in the cities, both man & beast, and al that came to hande, and set on fyre all the cities that they coulde come by.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, as well the men of [every] city, as the beast, and all that came to hand: also they set on fire all the cities that they came to.
Webster's Bible (1833)
The men of Israel turned again on the children of Benjamin, and struck them with the edge of the sword, both the entire city, and the cattle, and all that they found: moreover all the cities which they found they set on fire.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
And the men of Israel have turned back unto the sons of Benjamin, and smite them by the mouth of the sword out of the city, -- men unto cattle, unto all that is found; also all the cities which are found they have sent into fire.
American Standard Version (1901)
And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, both the entire city, and the cattle, and all that they found: moreover all the cities which they found they set on fire.
American Standard Version (1901)
And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, both the entire city, and the cattle, and all that they found: moreover all the cities which they found they set on fire.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
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.
World English Bible (2000)
The men of Israel turned again on the children of Benjamin, and struck them with the edge of the sword, both the entire city, and the livestock, and all that they found: moreover all the cities which they found they set on fire.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
The Israelites returned to the Benjaminite towns and put the sword to them. They wiped out the cities, the animals, and everything they could find. They set fire to every city in their path.
Referenced Verses
- Deut 13:15-17 : 15 then you must inquire, investigate, and interrogate thoroughly. If the report is true and confirmed that such a detestable act has been done among you, 16 you must surely strike down the inhabitants of that city with the sword, devoting it and all that is in it, including its livestock, to complete destruction. 17 Gather all the spoil of that city into its public square and burn the city and all its plunder as a complete offering to the LORD your God. It must remain a ruin forever, never to be rebuilt.
- 2 Chr 25:13 : 13 Meanwhile, the troops Amaziah had sent back and not allowed to go with him to battle raided the towns of Judah, from Samaria to Beth Horon. They killed three thousand people and carried off a great deal of plunder.
- 2 Chr 28:6-9 : 6 Pekah son of Remaliah killed 120,000 warriors in Judah in one day because they had abandoned the LORD, the God of their ancestors. 7 Zichri, a mighty warrior from Ephraim, killed Maaseiah, the king’s son, as well as Azrikam, the palace officer, and Elkanah, the second to the king. 8 The Israelites took captive 200,000 people from their relatives—women, sons, and daughters. They also took a great amount of plunder and brought it to Samaria. 9 But a prophet of the LORD named Oded was there. He went out to meet the army as they arrived in Samaria and said to them, "Because the LORD, the God of your ancestors, was angry with Judah, he gave them into your hands. But you have slain them in a rage that has reached up to heaven.
- Prov 18:19 : 19 A brother offended is harder to win over than a fortified city, and disputes are like the bars of a castle.
Similar Verses (AI)
These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.
- Judg 20:34-4714 verses82%
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.
38 The appointed signal between the men of Israel and the ambush was to send up a great column of smoke from the city.
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.'
40 But 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.
41 Then the Israelites turned on them, and the Benjaminites were terrified because they saw that disaster had overtaken them.
42 They fled before the Israelites toward the wilderness, but they were overtaken, and those who came out of the cities destroyed them.
43 They surrounded the Benjaminites, pursued them, and overran them until they were opposite Gibeah on the east side.
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.
- Judg 20:24-252 verses82%
24 Then the Israelites approached the Benjaminites on the second day.
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 20:30-323 verses78%
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."
- Judg 20:20-223 verses77%
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.
22 But the Israelites encouraged one another and again took up their positions where they had stationed themselves the first day.
- Judg 20:10-156 verses76%
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.
12 The tribes of Israel sent men throughout the tribe of Benjamin, saying, "What is this awful crime that has been committed among you?"
13 Now 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.
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.
- Num 31:9-102 verses75%
9 The Israelites captured the women of Midian and their children, and they took all their livestock, all their goods, and all their wealth as plunder.
10 They burned all the towns where the Midianites had lived and all their encampments with fire.
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17 The Israelites, apart from Benjamin, mustered four hundred thousand soldiers armed with swords, all experienced warriors.
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8 The men of Judah fought against Jerusalem, captured it, struck it down with the sword, and set the city on fire.
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21 They devoted to destruction everything in the city—men and women, young and old, as well as oxen, sheep, and donkeys—by the edge of the sword.
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24 When Israel finished killing all the inhabitants of Ai in the open field and in the wilderness where they had pursued them, and they had all fallen by the edge of the sword until they were completely destroyed, all Israel returned to Ai and struck it down with the sword.
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3 The people of Benjamin heard that the Israelites had gone up to Mizpah. The Israelites said, "Tell us, how did this terrible crime happen?"
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6 We completely destroyed them, just as we had done to Sihon, king of Heshbon. In every city, we destroyed the men, women, and children.
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13 When the LORD your God delivers it into your hands, strike down every male there with the sword.
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14 The Israelites took all the plunder and livestock of these cities for themselves, but they killed all the people with the sword, completely destroying them and leaving no survivors.
- Judg 21:15-162 verses71%
15 The people of Israel grieved for Benjamin because the LORD had created a gap in the tribes of Israel.
16 The elders of the assembly said, 'What shall we do for wives for those who remain, since the women of Benjamin have been destroyed?'
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27 The Danites took what Micah had made, along with his priest, and came to Laish, to a peaceful and unsuspecting people. They struck them down with the sword and burned the city with fire.
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15 then you must inquire, investigate, and interrogate thoroughly. If the report is true and confirmed that such a detestable act has been done among you,
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20 So Joshua and the Israelites completely defeated them with a great slaughter, almost wiping them out. But a few survivors managed to retreat to their fortified cities.
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25 They destroyed the cities, threw stones onto every good field until it was covered, stopped up all the springs of water, and cut down all the good trees. Only the stones of Kir Hareseth were left standing, but the slingers surrounded and attacked it.
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6 The Israelites grieved for Benjamin, their brother, and said, 'Today one tribe has been cut off from Israel.'
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21 When Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had captured the city and that its smoke was rising, they turned back and struck down the men of Ai.
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34 At that time we captured all his cities and completely destroyed every city, including the men, women, and children; we left no survivors.
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10 So the assembly sent twelve thousand armed men with the command, 'Go and strike down the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead with the sword, including the women and children.'