The people from the family group of Benjamin got 26,000 soldiers together. All those soldiers were trained for war. They also had 700 trained soldiers from the city of Gibeah.
Judges 20:46 - Easy To Read Version On that day, 25,000 men of the army of Benjamin were killed. All those men fought bravely with their swords. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So that all of Benjamin who fell that day were 25,000 men who drew the sword, all of them men of valor. American Standard Version (1901) So that all who fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and five thousand men that drew the sword; all these were men of valor. Common English Bible All in all, the total number of Benjaminites who fell that day was twenty-five thousand men, all of whom were armed with swords and were strong warriors. Catholic Public Domain Version And so it happened that all of those who were slain from Benjamin, in various places, were twenty-five thousand fighters, very willing to go to war. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And so it came to pass, that all that were slain of Benjamin in divers places were five and twenty thousand fighting men, most valiant for war. |
The people from the family group of Benjamin got 26,000 soldiers together. All those soldiers were trained for war. They also had 700 trained soldiers from the city of Gibeah.
The Lord used the army of Israel and defeated the army of Benjamin. On that day, the army of Israel killed 25,100 soldiers from Benjamin. All those soldiers had been trained for war.
The army of Benjamin turned around and ran toward the desert. They ran to a place called the Rock of Rimmon. But the army of Israel killed 5,000 soldiers from Benjamin along the roads. They kept chasing the men of Benjamin. They chased them as far as a place named Gidom. The army of Israel killed 2,000 more men from Benjamin in that place.
But 600 men from Benjamin ran into the desert. They went to the place called the Rock of Rimmon and stayed there for four months.
Saul answered, “But I am a member of the family group of Benjamin. It is the smallest family group in Israel. And my family is the smallest in the family group of Benjamin. Why do you say Israel wants me?”