Judges 20:15

What does Judges 20:15 mean?

A plain-English look at Judges 20:15 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And the children of Benjamin who came that day from the towns were twenty-six thousand men armed with swords, in addition to the people of Gibeah, numbering seven hundred of the best fighting-men,

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

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;

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And there were found of Benjamin five and twenty thousand men that drew the sword, besides the inhabitants of Gabaa,

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And the children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out of the cities, twenty-six thousand men that drew sword, besides the inhabitants of Gibeah, who were numbered seven hundred chosen men.

Context

v.14And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities unto Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel.

v.15This passage

v.16Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded; every one could sling stones at a hair-breadth, and not miss.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Judges 20:35

    And 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.

  • Numbers 26:41

    These are the sons of Benjamin after their families; and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and six hundred.

  • Judges 20:46

    So that all who fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and five thousand men that drew the sword; all these were men of valor.

  • Judges 20:25

    And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day, and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again eighteen thousand men; all these drew the sword.

  • Numbers 1:37

    those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred.

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