Judges 20 · Verse 14

Judges 20:14

But the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities unto Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel.
Judges 20:14, King James Version

Judges 20:14 in other translations

BSBAnd from their cities they came together at Gibeah to go out and fight against the Israelites.
WEBThe children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities to Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel.
ASVAnd the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities unto Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel.
YLTand the sons of Benjamin are gathered out of the cities to Gibeah, to go out to battle with the sons of Israel.
DARBYAnd the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities of Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel.
BBEAnd the children of Benjamin came together from all their towns to Gibeah, to go to war with the children of Israel.
WebsterBut the children of Benjamin assembled out of the cities to Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel.

What does Judges 20:14 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 20:14-17
14-17. the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities unto Gibeah--Allowing their valor to be ever so great, nothing but blind passion and unbending obstinacy could have impelled them to take the field against their brethren with such a disparity of numbers.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Judges 20:14 in the original Hebrew

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וַיֵּאָסְפ֧וּvai.ye.'a.se.Fuand they gatheredH622
בְנֵֽי\־ve.nei-[the] descendants ofH1121
בִנְיָמִ֛ןvin.ya.MinBenjaminH1144
מִן\־min-fromH4480
הֶעָרִ֖יםhe.'a.Rimthe citiesH5892
הַגִּבְעָ֑תָהha.giv.'A.tah<the> Gibeah towardsH1390
לָצֵ֥אתla.Tzetto go outH3318
לַמִּלְחָמָ֖הla.mil.cha.Mahfor <the> battleH4421
עִם\־'im-withH5973
בְּנֵ֥יbe.Nei[the] people ofH1121
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל\׃Yis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478

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Cross references for Judges 20:14

  • Numbers 20:20

    And he said, Thou shalt not go through. And Edom came out against him with much people, and with a strong hand.

  • Numbers 21:23

    And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel.

  • 2 Chronicles 13:13

    But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them: so they were before Judah, and the ambushment was behind them.

  • Job 15:25-26

    For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty. He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Nu 20:20; 21:23; 2Ch 13:13; Job 15:25,26

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Context

  • Judges 20:13

    Now therefore deliver us the men, the children of Belial, which are in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from Israel. But the children of Benjamin would not hearken to the voice of their brethren the children of Israel:

  • Judges 20:14

    But the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities unto Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel.

  • Judges 20:15

    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.

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Judges 20:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Antes los de Benjamín se juntaron de las ciudades de Gabaa, para salir á pelear contra los hijos de Israel.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et les fils de Benjamin se rassemblèrent de leurs villes à Guibha, pour sortir en guerre contre les fils d’Israël.
German
Elberfelder 1871
und die Kinder Benjamin versammelten sich aus den Städten nach Gibea, um auszuziehen zum Streit mit den Kindern Israel.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
sed ex cunctis urbibus, quæ sortis suæ erant, convenerunt in Gabaa, ut illis ferrent auxilium, et contra universum populum Israël dimicarent.