Benjamin is a ravenous wolf, in the morning devouring the prey, and at even dividing the spoil.”
Judges 20:21 - Revised Standard Version The Benjaminites came out of Gibe-ah, and felled to the ground on that day twenty-two thousand men of the Israelites. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites that day twenty and two thousand men. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The Benjamites came forth out of Gibeah and felled to the ground that day 22,000 men of the Israelites. American Standard Version (1901) And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites on that day twenty and two thousand men. Common English Bible But the Benjaminites marched out from Gibeah and cut down twenty-two thousand Israelite men that day. Catholic Public Domain Version And the sons of Benjamin, departing from Gibeah, slew twenty-two thousand men from the sons of Israel, on that day. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the children of Benjamin coming out of Gabaa, slew of the children of Israel that day two and twenty thousand men. |
Benjamin is a ravenous wolf, in the morning devouring the prey, and at even dividing the spoil.”
And now you intend to subjugate the people of Judah and Jerusalem, male and female, as your slaves. Have you not sins of your own against the Lord your God?
A king is not saved by his great army; a warrior is not delivered by his great strength.
Thy way was through the sea, thy path through the great waters; yet thy footprints were unseen.
He gave his people over to the sword, and vented his wrath on his heritage.
Righteous art thou, O Lord, when I complain to thee; yet I would plead my case before thee. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all who are treacherous thrive?
From the days of Gibe-ah, you have sinned, O Israel; there they have continued. Shall not war overtake them in Gibe-ah?
“When you go forth against your enemies and are in camp, then you shall keep yourself from every evil thing.
And the men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin; and the men of Israel drew up the battle line against them at Gibe-ah.
But the people, the men of Israel, took courage, and again formed the battle line in the same place where they had formed it on the first day.
And Benjamin went against them out of Gibe-ah the second day, and felled to the ground eighteen thousand men of the people of Israel; all these were men who drew the sword.