Judges 20:15
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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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“On that day the Benjamites mobilized 26,000 swordsmen from their cities, in addition to the 700 select men of Gibeah.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And the sons of Benjamin number themselves on that day; out of the cities <FI>are<Fi> twenty and six thousand men drawing sword, apart from the inhabitants of Gibeah, <FI>who<Fi> numbered themselves, seven hundred chosen men;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Judges 20:15 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 1:37those registered to the tribe of Benjamin numbered 35,400.
- Numbers 26:41These were the clans of Benjamin, and their registration numbered 45,600.
- Judges 20:22But the Israelite army took courage and again took their battle positions in the same place where they had arrayed themselves on the first day.
- Judges 20:25That same day the Benjamites came out against them from Gibeah and cut down another 18,000 Israelites, all of them armed with swords.
- Judges 20:35The LORD defeated Benjamin in the presence of Israel, and on that day the Israelites slaughtered 25,100 Benjamites, all armed with swords.
- Judges 20:46That day 25,000 Benjamite swordsmen fell, all men of valor.
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