They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in slinging stones and in shooting arrows from the bow; they were of Saul's brethren of Benjamin.
Judges 20:16 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded; every one could sling stones at an hair-breadth, and not miss. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded; every one could sling stones at an hair breadth, and not miss. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Among all these were 700 chosen left-handed men; every one could sling stones at a hair and not miss. American Standard Version (1901) Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded; every one could sling stones at a hair-breadth, and not miss. Common English Bible Out of this entire army, seven hundred specially chosen men were left-handed, and every one of them could sling a stone at a hair and not miss. Catholic Public Domain Version who were seven hundred very strong men, fighting with the left hand as well as with the right hand, and casting stones from a sling so accurately that they were able to strike even a hair, and the path of the stone would by no means miss to either side. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Who were seven hundred most valiant men, fighting with the left hand as well as with the right: and slinging stones so sure that they could hit even a hair, and not miss by the stone's going on either side. |
They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in slinging stones and in shooting arrows from the bow; they were of Saul's brethren of Benjamin.
And Uzziah prepared for them, even for all the host, shields, and spears, and helmets, and coats of mail, and bows, and stones for slinging.
And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war.
But when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised them up a saviour, Ehud the son of Gera, the Benjamite, a man lefthanded: and the children of Israel sent a present by him unto Eglon the king of Moab.
And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in the shepherd's bag which he had, even in his scrip; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine.
And though man be risen up to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul, yet the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as from the hollow of a sling.