Judges 20 · Verse 35

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 20:35, King James Version

Judges 20:35 in other translations

BSBThe LORD defeated Benjamin in the presence of Israel, and on that day the Israelites slaughtered 25,100 Benjamites, all armed with swords.
WEBThe LORD struck Benjamin before Israel; and the children of Israel destroyed of Benjamin that day twenty-five thousand one hundred men. All these drew the sword.
ASVAnd Jehovah smote Benjamin before Israel; and the children of Israel destroyed of Benjamin that day twenty and five thousand and a hundred men: all these drew the sword.
YLTAnd Jehovah smiteth Benjamin before Israel, and the sons of Israel destroy in Benjamin, on that day, twenty and five thousand, and a hundred men; all these are drawing sword.
DARBYAnd Jehovah smote Benjamin before Israel; and the children of Israel destroyed of the Benjaminites that day twenty-five thousand one hundred men: all these drew the sword.
BBEThen the Lord sent sudden fear on Benjamin before Israel; and that day the children of Israel put to death twenty-five thousand, one hundred men of Benjamin, all of them swordsmen.
WebsterAnd the LORD smote Benjamin before Israel: and the children of Israel destroyed of the Benjaminites that day twenty and five thousand and a hundred men: all these drew the sword.

What does Judges 20:35 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 20:29-48

Jud 20:29-48. They Destroy All the Benjamites, Except Six Hundred. 29-48. And Israel set liers-in-wait round about Gibeah--A plan was formed of taking that city by stratagem, similar to that employed in the capture of Ai [Jos 8:9].

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 35 Twenty and five thousand and a hundred - As the Benjamites consisted only of twenty-six thousand and seven hundred slingers; or, as the Vulgate, Septuagint, and others read, twenty-five thousand, which is most probably the true reading; then the whole of the Benjamites were cut to pieces, except six hundred men, who we are informed fled to the rock Rimmon, where they fortified themselves.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Judges 20:35 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיִּגֹּ֨ףvai.yi.Gofand he defeatedH5062
יְהוָ֥ה\׀Yah.wehYahwehH3068
אֶֽת\־'et-<obj.>H853
בִּנְיָמִן֮bin.ya.MinBenjaminH1144
לִפְנֵ֣יlif.Nei<to> beforeH6440
יִשְׂרָאֵל֒Yis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
וַיַּשְׁחִיתוּ֩vai.yash.chi.Tuand they destroyedH7843
בְנֵ֨יve.Nei[the] people ofH1121
יִשְׂרָאֵ֤לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
בְּבִנְיָמִן֙be.vin.ya.Minamong BenjaminH1144
בַּיּ֣וֹםbai.Yomon the dayH3117
הַה֔וּאha.Hu'<the> thatH1931
עֶשְׂרִ֨ים'es.RimtwentyH6242
וַחֲמִשָּׁ֥הva.cha.mi.Shahand fiveH2568
אֶ֛לֶף'E.lefthousandH505
וּמֵאָ֖הu.me.'Ahand one hundredH3967
אִ֑ישׁ'IshmanH376
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
אֵ֖לֶּה'E.lehtheseH428
שֹׁ֥לֵףSho.lef[was] drawingH8025
חָֽרֶב\׃Cha.reva swordH2719

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Judges 20:35

  • Job 20:5

    That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?

  • 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 20:44-46

    And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these were men of valour. And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon: and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men; and pursued hard after them unto Gidom, and slew two thousand men of them. 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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
twenty.
15,44-46; Job 20:5Though the numbers of the Israelites were immensely superior to those of Benjamin, though the stratagem was well laid and ingeniously executed, and the battle bravely fought, yet the inspired historian ascribes the victory to the hand of the Lord, as entirely as if he had smitten the Benjamites by a miracle.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Judges 20:34

    And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was sore: but they knew not that evil was near them.

  • 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 20:36

    So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten: for the men of Israel gave place to the Benjamites, because they trusted unto the liers in wait which they had set beside Gibeah.

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Judges 20:35 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		E hirió Jehová á Benjamín delante de Israel; y mataron los hijos de Israel aquel día veinticinco mil y cien hombres de Benjamín, todos los cuales sacaban espada.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et l’ Éternel battit Benjamin devant Israël, et les fils d’Israël étendirent morts en ce jour-là 25 100 hommes de Benjamin, tous tirant l’épée.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Jehova schlug Benjamin vor Israel, und die Kinder Israel streckten unter Benjamin an selbigem Tage 25100 Mann nieder; diese alle zogen das Schwert. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Percussitque eos Dominus in conspectu filiorum Israël, et interfecerunt ex eis in illo die viginti quinque millia, et centum viros, omnes bellatores et educentes gladium.