King James Version
Judges 20:14 in the King James Version says “But the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities unto Gibeah, to go out to battle against the...” — study this verse from Judges chapter 20 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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 20:14 · KJV
And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, What wickedness is this that is done among you?
Now therefore deliver us the men, the children of Belial, which are in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from Israel. But the children of Benjamin would not hearken to the voice of their brethren the children of Israel:
But the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities unto Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel.
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.
Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded ; every one could sling stones at an hair breadth, and not miss.
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“gathered themselves together”
H622to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e., remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)
“But the children”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“of Benjamin”
H1144binjamin, youngest son of jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
“out of the cities”
H5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
“to go out”
H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
“to battle”
H4421a battle (i.e., the engagement); generally, war (i.e., war-fare)
adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then
“But the children”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“of Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
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