Judges 20:14
But the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities to Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel.
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Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts
Instead, the Benjaminites gathered from their cities to Gibeah to go out to battle against the Israelites.
King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
But the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities unto Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
And the children{H1121} of Benjamin{H1144} gathered themselves together{H622} out of the cities{H5892} unto Gibeah,{H1390} to go out{H3318} to battle{H4421} against the children{H1121} of Israel.{H3478}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
But the children{H1121} of Benjamin{H1144} gathered themselves together{H622}{(H8735)} out of the cities{H5892} unto Gibeah{H1390}, to go out{H3318}{(H8800)} to battle{H4421} against the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
but gathered them selues out of ye cities vnto Gibea, to go forth in battayll agaynst the children of Israel.
Geneva Bible (1560)
But ye children of Beniamin gathered them selues together out of the cities vnto Gibeah, to come out and fight against the children of Israel.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
Neuerthelater, the children of Beniamin would not hearke vnto the voyce of their brethren the children of Israel: But the children of Beniamin gathered the selues together out of the cities vnto Gibea, to come out and fight agaynst the children of Israel.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
But the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities unto Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel.
Webster's Bible (1833)
The children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities to Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
and the sons of Benjamin are gathered out of the cities to Gibeah, to go out to battle with the sons of Israel.
American Standard Version (1901)
And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities unto Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel.
American Standard Version (1901)
And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities unto Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
And the children of Benjamin came together from all their towns to Gibeah, to go to war with the children of Israel.
World English Bible (2000)
The children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities to Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
The Benjaminites came from their cities and assembled at Gibeah to make war against the Israelites.
Referenced Verses
- Num 20:20 : 20 Then he said, "You shall not pass through." So Edom came out against them with many men and with a strong army.
- Num 21:23 : 23 But Sihon would not allow Israel to pass through his border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel.
- 2 Chr 13:13 : 13 But Jeroboam set an ambush to come around behind them: so they were in front of Judah, and the ambush was behind them.
- Job 15:25-26 : 25 For he stretches out his hand against God, and strengthens himself against the Almighty. 26 He runs upon Him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his shields.
Similar Verses (AI)
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- Judg 20:17-259 verses90%
17 And the men of Israel, besides Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men who drew sword; all these were men of war.
18 And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God, and asked counsel of God, and said, Who shall go up first to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the LORD said, Judah shall go up first.
19 And the children of Israel rose up in the morning, and encamped against Gibeah.
20 And the men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin, and the men of Israel set themselves in array to fight against them at Gibeah.
21 And the children of Benjamin came out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites that day twenty-two thousand men.
22 And the people, the men of Israel, encouraged themselves, and set their battle again in array in the place where they had arrayed themselves the first day.
23 (And the children of Israel went up and wept before the LORD until evening, and asked counsel of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up again to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother? And the LORD said, Go up against him.)
24 And the children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin the second day.
25 And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day, and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again eighteen thousand men; all these drew the sword.
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15 And the children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out of the cities twenty-six thousand men who drew sword, besides the inhabitants of Gibeah, who numbered seven hundred chosen men.
- Judg 20:9-135 verses85%
9 But now this is what we will do to Gibeah: we will go up by lot against it;
10 And we will take ten men out of every hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, a hundred out of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to bring food for the people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly they have committed in Israel.
11 So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, united as one.
12 And the tribes of Israel sent men throughout all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, What wickedness is this that is done among you?
13 Now therefore deliver up the men, the worthless fellows, who are in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and remove evil from Israel. But the children of Benjamin would not listen to their brothers, the children of Israel.
- Judg 20:29-4618 verses85%
29 And Israel set ambushers round about Gibeah.
30 And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and put themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other times.
31 And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began to strike of the people, and kill, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goes up to the house of God, and the other to Gibeah in the field, about thirty men of Israel.
32 And the children of Benjamin said, They are struck down before us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them from the city to the highways.
33 And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and put themselves in array at Baaltamar; and the ambushers of Israel came forth out of their places, even out of the meadows of Gibeah.
34 And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was heavy; but they did not know that disaster was near them.
35 And the LORD struck Benjamin before Israel; and the children of Israel destroyed of the Benjamites that day twenty-five thousand one hundred men; all these drew the sword.
36 So the children of Benjamin saw that they were struck; for the men of Israel gave way to the Benjamites, because they trusted to the ambushers which they had set beside Gibeah.
37 And the ambushers hastened, and rushed upon Gibeah; and the ambushers drew themselves along, and struck all the city with the edge of the sword.
38 Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the ambushers, that they should make a great flame with smoke rise up out of the city.
39 And when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin began to strike and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons; for they said, Surely they are struck down before us, as in the first battle.
40 But when the flame began to rise up out of the city with a pillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them, and behold, the flame of the city ascended up to heaven.
41 And when the men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjamin were amazed, for they saw that disaster had come upon them.
42 Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel toward the way of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them, and those who came out of the cities they destroyed in the midst of them.
43 Thus they enclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased them, and trampled them down easily against Gibeah toward the sunrise.
44 And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these were men of valor.
45 And they turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon; and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men; and pursued hard after them unto Gidom, and slew two thousand men of them.
46 So that all who fell that day of Benjamin were twenty-five thousand men that drew the sword; all these were men of valor.
- Judg 20:1-33 verses79%
1 Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation gathered together as one, from Dan to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh.
2 And the leaders of all the people, of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword.
3 (Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel had gone up to Mizpeh.) Then the children of Israel said, Tell us, how did this wickedness occur?
- Num 1:36-372 verses78%
36 From the children of Benjamin, by their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war;
37 Those who were numbered from them, even from the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty-five thousand four hundred.
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12 And when the children of Israel heard of it, the whole congregation of the children of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh to go up to war against them.
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20 Therefore they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards;
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13 And the whole congregation sent some to speak to the children of Benjamin who were in the rock Rimmon, and to call peaceably to them.
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25 And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together behind Abner, and became one group, and stood on the top of a hill.
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16 Then some of the children of Benjamin and Judah came to David at the stronghold.
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48 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.
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17 Then the children of Ammon were gathered together and encamped in Gilead. And the children of Israel assembled themselves together and encamped in Mizpah.
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9 O Israel, you have sinned from the days of Gibeah: there they stood: the battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity did not overtake them.
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31 The children also of Benjamin from Geba lived at Michmash, and Aija, and Bethel, and in their villages,
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22 Then the tribe of Benjamin, and the captain of the sons of Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni.
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17 And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its suburbs, Geba with its suburbs,
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14 So they passed on and went their way, and the sun went down upon them when they were near Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin.