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.
Judges 20:15 in other translations
| BSB | On that day the Benjamites mobilized 26,000 swordsmen from their cities, in addition to the 700 select men of Gibeah. |
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| WEB | The children of Benjamin were counted on that day out of the cities twenty-six thousand men who drew the sword, in addition to the inhabitants of Gibeah, who were counted seven hundred chosen men. |
| ASV | And the children of Benjamin were numbered on that day out of the cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, besides the inhabitants of Gibeah, who were numbered seven hundred chosen men. |
| YLT | And the sons of Benjamin number themselves on that day; out of the cities are twenty and six thousand men drawing sword, apart from the inhabitants of Gibeah, who numbered themselves, seven hundred chosen men; |
| DARBY | And the children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out of the cities, twenty-six thousand men that drew sword, besides the inhabitants of Gibeah, who were numbered seven hundred chosen men. |
| BBE | And the children of Benjamin who came that day from the towns were twenty-six thousand men armed with swords, in addition to the people of Gibeah, numbering seven hundred of the best fighting-men, |
| Webster | And the children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out of the cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, besides the inhabitants of Gibeah, who were numbered seven hundred chosen men. |
What does Judges 20:15 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.
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Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Judges 20:15 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Judges 20:15
- Numbers 26:41
These are the sons of Benjamin after their families: and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and six hundred.
- Numbers 1:37
Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred.
- Judges 20:35
And the Lord smote Benjamin before Israel: and the children of Israel destroyed of the Benjamites that day twenty and five thousand and an hundred men: all these drew the sword.
- Judges 20:46-47
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. But six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness unto the rock Rimmon, and abode in the rock Rimmon four months.
- Judges 20:25
And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day, and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again eighteen thousand men; all these drew the sword.
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Context
- 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.
- Judges 20:16
Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded; every one could sling stones at an hair breadth, and not miss.
Judges 20:15 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y fueron contados en aquel tiempo los hijos de Benjamín de las ciudades, veintiséis mil hombres que sacaban espada, sin los que moraban en Gabaa, que fueron por cuenta setecientos hombres escogidos. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et en ce jour-là furent dénombrés les fils de Benjamin qui vinrent de leurs villes: 26 000 hommes tirant l’épée, sans les habitants de Guibha, qui furent dénombrés: 700 hommes d’élite. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und die Kinder Benjamin wurden an selbigem Tage aus den Städten gemustert: 26000 Mann, die das Schwert zogen; außer den Bewohnern von Gibea, die gemustert wurden: 700 auserlesene Männer. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Inventique sunt viginti quinque millia de Benjamin educentium gladium, præter habitatores Gabaa, |