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Judges 20:17

Benjamin

15 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.

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

And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war.

18 And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God, and asked counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the LORD said, Judah shall go up first.

19 And the children of Israel rose up in the morning, and encamped against Gibeah.

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BSB
The Israelites, apart from Benjamin, mobilized 400,000 swordsmen, each one an experienced warrior.
KJV
And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war.
WEB
The men of Israel, besides Benjamin, were counted four hundred thousand men who drew sword. All these were men of war.
ASV
And the men of Israel, besides Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war.
DARBY
And the men of Israel, besides Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war.
BLB
And the men of Israel mobilized themselves, apart from Benjamin, four hundred thousand men who drew the sword, each of these a man of war.
ÅB
Og da Israels menn - Benjamin fraregnet - ble mønstret, utgjorde de fire hundre tusen mann som kunne dra sverd; hver av dem var en krigsmann.
OTB
Israelittene, unntatt Benjamin, mønstret fire hundre tusen sverdbevæpnede menn, alle forberedt på kamp.
B1930
Og da Israels menn - Benjamin fraregnet - blev mønstret, utgjorde de fire hundre tusen mann som kunde dra sverd; hver av dem var en krigsmann.

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Cross references

  • Numbers 26:51

    These were the numbered of the children of Israel, six hundred thousand and a thousand seven hundred and thirty.

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  • 1 Samuel 11:8

    And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.

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  • 1 Samuel 15:4

    And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.

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  • 1 Chronicles 21:5

    And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people unto David. And all they of Israel were a thousand thousand and an hundred thousand men that drew sword: and Judah was four hundred threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword.

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  • Numbers 1:46

    Even all they that were numbered were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.

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  • Judges 20:2

    And the chief of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword.

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  • 2 Chronicles 17:14–18

    And these are the numbers of them according to the house of their fathers: Of Judah, the captains of thousands; Adnah the chief, and with him mighty men of valour three hundred thousand.

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