Judges 20 · Verse 45

Judges 20:45

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.
Judges 20:45, King James Version

Judges 20:45 in other translations

BSBThen the Benjamites turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, and Israel cut down 5,000 men on the roads. And they overtook them at Gidom and struck down 2,000 more.
WEBThey turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon. They gleaned five thousand men of them in the highways, and followed hard after them to Gidom, and struck two thousand men of them.
ASVAnd they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon: and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men, and followed hard after them unto Gidom, and smote of them two thousand men.
YLTand they turn and flee toward the wilderness, unto the rock of Rimmon; and they glean of them in the highways five thousand men, and follow after them unto Gidom, and smite of them two thousand men.
DARBYAnd they turned and fled towards the wilderness to the cliff of Rimmon, and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men; and pursued hard after them to Gidom, and slew two thousand men of them.
BBEAnd turning, they went in flight to the rock of Rimmon in the waste land: and on the highways five thousand of them were cut off by the men of Israel, who, pushing on hard after them to Geba, put to death two thousand more.
WebsterAnd they turned and fled towards the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon: and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men; and pursued hard after them to Gidom, and slew two thousand men of them.

What does Judges 20:45 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 45 Unto the rock of Rimmon - This was some strong place, but where situated is not known. Here they maintained themselves four months, and it was by these alone that the tribe of Benjamin was preserved from utter extermination. See the following chapter, Judges 21 (note). It is scarcely possible to imagine any thing more horrid than the indiscriminate and relentless slaughter of both innocent and guilty mentioned in this chapter. The crime of the men of Gibeah was great, but there was no adequate cause for this relentless extermination of a whole tribe. There was neither justice nor judgment in this case; they were on all sides brutal, cruel, and ferocious: and no wonder; there was no king in Israel - no effective civil government, and every man did what was right in his own eyes. There was no proper leader; no man that had authority and influence to repress the disorderly workings of the pell-mell mob.

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Judges 20:45 in the original Hebrew

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וַיִּפְנ֞וּvai.yif.Nuand they turnedH6437
וַיָּנֻ֤סוּvai.ya.Nu.suand they fledH5127
הַמִּדְבָּ֙רָה֙ha.mid.Ba.rahthe wilderness towardsH4057
אֶל\־'el-toH413
סֶ֣לַעSe.la'[the] rock ofH5553
הָֽרִמּ֔וֹןha.ri.Mon<the> RimmonH7417
וַיְעֹֽלְלֻ֙הוּ֙vay.'o.le.Lu.huand they gleaned himH5953
בַּֽמְסִלּ֔וֹתbam.si.Lotin the highwaysH4546
חֲמֵ֥שֶׁתcha.Me.shetfiveH2568
אֲלָפִ֖ים'a.la.Fimthousand<s>H505
אִ֑ישׁ'IshmanH376
וַיַּדְבִּ֤יקוּvai.yad.Bi.kuand they pursued closelyH1692
אַחֲרָיו֙'a.cha.Ravafter himH310
עַד\־'ad-toH5704
גִּדְעֹ֔םgid.'OmGidomH1440
וַיַּכּ֥וּvai.ya.Kuand they struck downH5221
מִמֶּ֖נּוּmi.Me.nuof himH4480
אַלְפַּ֥יִם'al.Pa.yimtwo thousandH505
אִֽישׁ\׃'IshmanH376

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Cross references for Judges 20:45

  • Joshua 15:32

    And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities are twenty and nine, with their villages:

  • Judges 21:13

    And the whole congregation sent some to speak to the children of Benjamin that were in the rock Rimmon, and to call peaceably unto them.

  • 1 Chronicles 6:77

    Unto the rest of the children of Merari were given out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmon with her suburbs, Tabor with her suburbs:

  • Zechariah 14:10

    All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from Benjamin’s gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananeel unto the king’s winepresses.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Rimmon.
Jos 15:32; 1Ch 6:77; Zec 14:10

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Context

  • Judges 20:44

    And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these were men of valour.

  • Judges 20:45

    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.

  • Judges 20:46

    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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Judges 20:45 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Volviéndose luego, huyeron hacia el desierto, á la peña de Rimmón, y de ellos rebuscaron cinco mil hombres en los caminos: fueron aún acosándolos hasta Gidom, y mataron de ellos dos mil hombres.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et ils tournèrent le dos, et s’enfuirent au désert, vers le rocher de Rimmon; et les Israélites en grappillèrent sur les routes 5 000 hommes, et ils les serrèrent de près en les poursuivant jusqu’à Guidhom, et en frappèrent 2 000 hommes.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Da wandten sie sich und flohen der Wüste zu, nach dem Felsen Rimmon; aber die Israeliten hielten unter ihnen auf den Landstraßen eine Nachlese von fünftausend Mann, und setzten ihnen nach bis Gideom und erschlugen von ihnen zweitausend Mann.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Quod cum vidissent qui remanserant de Benjamin, fugerunt in solitudinem: et pergebant ad petram, cujus vocabulum est Remmon. In illa quoque fuga palantes, et in diversa tendentes, occiderunt quinque millia virorum. Et cum ultra tenderent, persecuti sunt eos, et interfecerunt etiam alia duo millia.