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Judges 20:15 Cross-References
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“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 (KJV)
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Commentary on Judges 20:15
The children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out of the cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword—26,000 warriors from Benjamin's towns. Beside the inhabitants of Gibeah, which were numbered seven hundred chosen men—Gibeah itself fielded 700 elite troops. The total Benjamite force: 26,700. Israel's 400,000 (v. 2) outnumbered them 15-to-1, yet Benjamin chose war.The numbers reveal Benjamin's confidence despite astronomical odds. Their 700 'chosen' (בָּחוּר, bachur, 'elite, select') warriors from Gibeah—the very city that committed the crime—suggests Gibeah's citizens united in d...
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“These are the sons of Benjamin after their families: and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and six hundred.”
“and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again eighteen thousand men; all these drew the sword.”
“of the tribe of Benjamin”
“So that all which fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and five thousand men that drew the sword; all these were men of valor.”
“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.”