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Judges 20:15

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And the children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out of the cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, beside the inhabitants of Gibeah, which were numbered seven hundred chosen men.

And the children {H1121} of Benjamin {H1144} were numbered {H6485} at that time {H3117} out of the cities {H5892} twenty {H6242} and six {H8337} thousand {H505} men {H376} that drew {H8025} sword {H2719}, beside the inhabitants {H3427} of Gibeah {H1390}, which were numbered {H6485} seven {H7651} hundred {H3967} chosen {H977} men {H376}.

On that day there were 26,000 men from Binyamin armed with swords, besides the inhabitants of Giv'ah, who numbered 700 specially chosen men.

On that day the Benjamites mobilized 26,000 swordsmen from their cities, in addition to the 700 select men of Gibeah.

And the children of Benjamin were numbered on that day out of the cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, besides the inhabitants of Gibeah, who were numbered seven hundred chosen men.

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Cross-References

  • Numbers 26:41 (4 votes)

    These [are] the sons of Benjamin after their families: and they that were numbered of them [were] forty and five thousand and six hundred.

  • Judges 20:25 (2 votes)

    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.

  • Judges 20:46 (2 votes)

    So that all which fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and five thousand men that drew the sword; all these [were] men of valour.

  • Judges 20:47 (2 votes)

    But six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness unto the rock Rimmon, and abode in the rock Rimmon four months.

  • Judges 20:35 (2 votes)

    And the LORD smote Benjamin before Israel: and the children of Israel destroyed of the Benjamites that day twenty and five thousand and an hundred men: all these drew the sword.

  • Numbers 1:37 (2 votes)

    Those that were numbered of them, [even] of the tribe of Benjamin, [were] thirty and five thousand and four hundred.