They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left to sling stones and shoot arrows from the bow. They were Saul’s kinsmen from Benjamin.
Judges 20:16 - Tree of Life Version Out of all these troops there were 700 chosen men that were left-handed, each of whom could sling a stone at a hair 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 to sling stones and shoot arrows from the bow. They were Saul’s kinsmen from Benjamin.
Uzziah provided shields, spears, helmets, body armor, bows and slingstones for the entire army.
Meanwhile the men of Israel, apart from Benjamin, numbered 400,000 swordsmen; all men of war.
But when Bnei-Yisrael cried out to Adonai, Adonai raised up a deliverer for them, Ehud son of Gera the Benjamite—a left-handed man. Now Bnei-Yisrael sent tribute with him to King Eglon of Moab.
Then he took his staff in his hand, chose five smooth stones from the valley, put them in the pocket of the shepherd’s bag that he had, and with his sling in his hand, he approached the Philistine.
If anyone rises to pursue you and seek your life, then let my lord’s life be bound up in the bundle of the living—with Adonai your God. But let the soul of your enemies be hurled away as from the hollow of a sling.