Judges 20:17
And the men of Israel, besides Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men who drew sword; all these were men of war.
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Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts
The Israelites, apart from Benjamin, mustered four hundred thousand soldiers armed with swords, all experienced warriors.
King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
And the men{H376} of Israel,{H3478} besides Benjamin,{H1144} were numbered{H6485} four{H702} hundred{H3967} thousand{H505} men{H376} that drew{H8025} sword:{H2719} all these were men{H376} of war.{H4421}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
And the men{H376} of Israel{H3478}, beside Benjamin{H1144}, were numbered{H6485}{(H8694)} four{H702} hundred{H3967} thousand{H505} men{H376} that drew{H8025}{(H8802)} sword{H2719}: all these were men{H376} of war{H4421}.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
But the men of Israel, beside them of BeIamin, were nobred foure hudreth thousande, which drue the swerde, & were all men of armes.
Geneva Bible (1560)
Also the men of Israel, beside Beniamin, were nombred foure hundreth thousande men that drew sword, euen all men of warre.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
And the children of Israel beside Beniamin, were numbred foure hundred thousand men that drewe swordes, and were all men of warre.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these [were] men of war.
Webster's Bible (1833)
The men of Israel, besides Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men who drew sword: all these were men of war.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
And the men of Israel numbered themselves, apart from Benjamin, four hundred thousand men, drawing sword, each of these a man of war.
American Standard Version (1901)
And the men of Israel, besides Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war.
American Standard Version (1901)
And the men of Israel, besides Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
And the men of Israel, other than Benjamin, were four hundred thousand in number, all armed with swords; they were all men of war.
World English Bible (2000)
The men of Israel, besides Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men who drew sword: all these were men of war.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
The men of Israel(not counting Benjamin) had mustered four hundred thousand sword-wielding soldiers, every one an experienced warrior.
Referenced Verses
- Num 1:46 : 46 All who were numbered were six hundred three thousand five hundred fifty.
- Num 26:51 : 51 These were the numbered of the children of Israel, six hundred thousand one thousand seven hundred and thirty.
- Judg 20:2 : 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.
- 1 Sam 11:8 : 8 And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
- 1 Sam 15:4 : 4 And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand foot soldiers, and ten thousand men of Judah.
- 1 Chr 21:5 : 5 And Joab gave the total of the people to David. And all Israel were a million one hundred thousand men who drew sword: and Judah was four hundred and seventy thousand men who drew sword.
- 2 Chr 17:14-18 : 14 And these are their numbers according to the houses of their fathers: Of Judah, the captains of thousands; Adnah the chief, and with him mighty men of valor three hundred thousand. 15 And next to him was Jehohanan the captain, and with him two hundred and eighty thousand. 16 And beside him was Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly offered himself to the LORD; and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valor. 17 And of Benjamin; Eliada a mighty man of valor, and with him two hundred thousand armed men with bows and shields. 18 And beside him was Jehozabad, and with him one hundred and eighty thousand ready prepared for war.
Similar Verses (AI)
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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.
- Judg 20:14-163 verses88%
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.
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.
16 Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men left-handed; every one could sling stones at a hair's breadth, and not miss.
- Judg 20:30-356 verses83%
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.
- Judg 20:18-225 verses83%
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.
- Judg 20:44-485 verses83%
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.
47 But six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness to the rock Rimmon, and stayed in the rock Rimmon four months.
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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5 And Joab gave the total of the people to David. And all Israel were a million one hundred thousand men who drew sword: and Judah was four hundred and seventy thousand men who drew sword.
- Judg 20:24-252 verses82%
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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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.
- 2 Chr 17:17-182 verses81%
17 And of Benjamin; Eliada a mighty man of valor, and with him two hundred thousand armed men with bows and shields.
18 And beside him was Jehozabad, and with him one hundred and eighty thousand ready prepared for war.
- Num 1:36-372 verses80%
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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18 The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh—valiant men, men able to bear shield and sword, and to shoot with the bow, and skillful in war—were forty-four thousand seven hundred and sixty, that went out to the war.
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9 And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people to the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men who drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand.
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37 On the other side of the Jordan, of the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh, with all types of weapons of war for battle, one hundred and twenty thousand.
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8 And Asa had an army of men who carried shields and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, those who carried shields and drew bows, two hundred and eighty thousand: all these were mighty men of valor.
- Judg 20:10-112 verses78%
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.
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23 His army, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty-five thousand and four hundred.
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8 And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
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24 The sons of Judah bearing shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred armed for war.
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7 Where the people of Israel were defeated before the servants of David, and there was there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand men.
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11 All these the sons of Jediael, by the heads of their fathers, mighty men of valor, were seventeen thousand and two hundred soldiers, fit to go out for war and battle.
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15 Then he numbered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty-two: and after them he numbered all the people, even all the children of Israel, being seven thousand.
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41 These are the sons of Benjamin after their families: and those that were numbered of them were forty-five thousand six hundred.
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2 And the Philistines arranged themselves against Israel, and when they joined battle, Israel was defeated before the Philistines, and they killed about four thousand men of the army in the field.
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17 And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.
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9 And the number of them, after their genealogy by their generations, heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valor, was twenty thousand and two hundred.
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21 And when Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah with the tribe of Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand chosen men, who were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom back to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.
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13 About forty thousand prepared for war crossed over before the LORD to the plains of Jericho for battle.
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1 When Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, he gathered from the house of Judah and Benjamin one hundred and eighty thousand chosen men, who were warriors, to fight against Israel, to bring the kingdom back to Rehoboam.
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5 And their brothers among all the families of Issachar were valiant men of might, recorded in all by their genealogies eighty-seven thousand.
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4 And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand foot soldiers, and ten thousand men of Judah.