Judges 20:25
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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Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts
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.
King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
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.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
And Benjamin{H1144} went forth{H3318} against{H7125} them out of Gibeah{H1390} the second{H8145} day,{H3117} and destroyed down{H7843} to the ground{H776} of the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} again eighteen{H8083} thousand{H505} men;{H376} all these drew{H8025} the sword.{H2719}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
And Benjamin{H1144} went forth{H3318}{(H8799)} against{H7125}{(H8800)} them out of Gibeah{H1390} the second{H8145} day{H3117}, and destroyed down{H7843}{(H8686)} to the ground{H776} of the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} again eighteen{H8083}{H6240} thousand{H505} men{H376}; all these drew{H8025}{(H8802)} the sword{H2719}.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
the Ben Iamites fell out of Gibea agaynst them the same daye, and slewe yet eightene thousande of ye children of Israel to the grounde, which all drue the swerde.
Geneva Bible (1560)
Also the second day Beniamin came forth to meete them out of Gibeah, and slewe downe to the grounde of the children of Israel againe eighteene thousand men: all they could handle the sword.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
And the children of Beniamin went against them out of Gibea the seconde day, and destroyed to the earth of the childre of Israel once againe eyghteene thousand men that drewe swordes euerie man of them.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
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.
Webster's Bible (1833)
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.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
and Benjamin cometh out to meet them from Gibeah on the second day, and destroy among the sons of Israel again eighteen thousand men -- to the earth; all these are drawing sword.
American Standard Version (1901)
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.
American Standard Version (1901)
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.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
And the second day Benjamin went out against them from Gibeah, cutting down eighteen thousand men of the children of Israel, all swordsmen.
World English Bible (2000)
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.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
The Benjaminites again attacked them from Gibeah and struck down eighteen thousand sword-wielding Israelite soldiers.
Referenced Verses
- Judg 20:21 : 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.
- Job 9:12-13 : 12 Behold, He takes away, who can hinder Him? Who will say to Him, What are you doing? 13 If God does not withdraw His anger, the proud helpers stoop under Him.
- Ps 97:2 : 2 Clouds and darkness surround him: righteousness and judgment are the foundation of his throne.
- Rom 2:5 : 5 But because of your hardness and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath for yourself against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
- Rom 3:5 : 5 But if our unrighteousness highlights the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who inflicts wrath? (I speak as a man)
- Rom 11:33 : 33 Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out!
- Gen 18:25 : 25 Far be it from you to do such a thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be as the wicked; far be it from you! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
Similar Verses (AI)
These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.
- Judg 20:30-378 verses91%
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.
- Judg 20:17-248 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.
- Judg 20:39-4810 verses85%
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.
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.
- Judg 20:9-157 verses84%
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.
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.
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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.
- Judg 20:2-32 verses76%
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 verses75%
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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15 And the people felt sorry for Benjamin, because the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
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26 Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up and came to the house of God, and wept, and sat there before the LORD, and fasted that day until evening, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.
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6 And the children of Israel felt sorry for Benjamin their brother, and said, Today one tribe is cut off from Israel.
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10 And the congregation sent there twelve thousand of their best men, and commanded them, saying, Go and strike the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead with the edge of the sword, including the women and the children.
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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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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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17 And of Benjamin; Eliada a mighty man of valor, and with him two hundred thousand armed men with bows and shields.
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28 and Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days), saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease? And the LORD said, Go up; for tomorrow I will deliver them into your hand.
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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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10 Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their armies with them, about fifteen thousand men, all who were left of all the armies of the children of the east: for there fell a hundred and twenty thousand men who drew sword.
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5 And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and surrounded the house by night, and thought to have killed me; and my concubine they forced, that she is dead.