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Judges 20:44

Thus eighteen thousand men of Benjamin fell, all of these brave and able warriors.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Torrey's Topical Textbook - Benjamin, Tribe of;   Jews, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Benjamin;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Marriage;   Priests and Levites;   Samson;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Gibeah;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Government of the Hebrews;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
There were eighteen thousand men who died from Benjamin; all were warriors.
Hebrew Names Version
There fell of Binyamin eighteen thousand men; all these [were] men of valor.
King James Version
And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these were men of valour.
Lexham English Bible
And eighteen thousand men from Benjamin fell, all of them able men.
English Standard Version
Eighteen thousand men of Benjamin fell, all of them men of valor.
New Century Version
So 18,000 brave Benjaminite fighters were killed.
New English Translation
Eighteen thousand Benjaminites, all of them capable warriors, fell dead.
New American Standard Bible
So eighteen thousand men of Benjamin fell; all of these were valiant men.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And there were slaine of Beniamin eyghteene thousad men, which were all men of warre.
Legacy Standard Bible
En daar het van Benjamin agttien duisend man geval, en dit almal dapper manne.
Contemporary English Version
until eighteen thousand of these warriors lay dead.
Complete Jewish Bible
Eighteen thousand men of Binyamin fell, all of them experienced soldiers.
Darby Translation
And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men: all these, men of valour.
Easy-to-Read Version
So 18,000 brave and strong fighters from the army of Benjamin were killed.
George Lamsa Translation
And there fell of the Benjamites eighteen thousand men; all these were men of valor.
Good News Translation
Eighteen thousand of the best Benjaminite soldiers were killed.
Literal Translation
And eighteen thousand men of Benjamin fell, all of these mighty men.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And there fell of BenIamin eightene thousande men, which were all men of armes.
American Standard Version
And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these were men of valor.
Bible in Basic English
Eighteen thousand men of Benjamin came to their death, all strong men of war.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And there were slayne of Beniamin eyghteene thousand men, whiche were men of warre.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these were men of valour.
King James Version (1611)
And there fell of Beniamin eighteene thousand men; all these were men of valour.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men: all these were men of might.
English Revised Version
And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these were men of valour.
Berean Standard Bible
And 18,000 Benjamites fell, all valiant warriors.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe thei, that weren slayn in the same place, weren eiytene thousynde of `men, alle strongeste fiyteris.
Young's Literal Translation
And there fall of Benjamin eighteen thousand men -- the whole of these [are] men of valour;
Update Bible Version
And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these [were] men of valor.
Webster's Bible Translation
And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these [were] men of valor.
World English Bible
There fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these [were] men of valor.
New King James Version
And eighteen thousand men of Benjamin fell; all these were men of valor.
New Living Translation
That day 18,000 of Benjamin's strongest warriors died in battle.
New Life Bible
So 18,000 men of Benjamin were killed. All of them were powerful soldiers.
New Revised Standard
Eighteen thousand Benjaminites fell, all of them courageous fighters.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So there fell of Benjamin, eighteen thousand men, - all these being men of valour.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And they that were slain in the same place, were eighteen thousand men, all most valiant soldiers.
Revised Standard Version
Eighteen thousand men of Benjamin fell, all of them men of valor.
THE MESSAGE
Eighteen divisions of Benjaminites were wiped out, all their best fighters.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Thus 18,000 men of Benjamin fell; all these were valiant warriors.

Contextual Overview

26Then all the sons of Israel and all the people went up and came to Bethel and wept; and they sat there before the LORD and fasted that day until evening and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD. 27And the sons of Israel inquired of the LORD (for the ark of the covenant of God was there [at Bethel] in those days, 28and Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, ministered before it in those days), saying, "Shall I yet again go out to battle against the sons of my brother Benjamin, or shall I quit?" And the LORD said, "Go up, for tomorrow I will hand them over to you." 29So Israel set men in ambush around Gibeah. 30The [fighting men of the] sons of Israel went up against the sons of Benjamin on the third day and placed themselves in battle formation against Gibeah as at other times. 31The Benjamites went out against their army and were lured away from the city, and they began to strike and kill some of the people as at other times, on the highways, one of which goes up to Bethel and the other to Gibeah, and in the open country, about thirty men of Israel. 32And the Benjamites said, "They are defeated before us, as at the first." But the sons of Israel said, "Let us flee and lure them away from the city to the highways." 33Then all the men of Israel got up from their places and placed themselves in battle formation at Baal-tamar; and the men of Israel [who were] in ambush rushed from their place in the plain of Maareh-geba. 34When the ten thousand choice [fighting] men from all Israel came against Gibeah, the battle was hard and fierce; but the Benjamites did not realize that disaster was about to strike them. 35And the LORD struck down [the tribe of] Benjamin before Israel, so that the sons of Israel destroyed twenty-five thousand one hundred men of Benjamin that day, all of whom were swordsmen.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Numbers 1:37 - General Judges 20:35 - twenty

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men,.... Just the number they had slain of Israel in the second battle. This is the number of them that were slain when Israel turned upon them, and by that time they got to the east of Gibeah; afterwards 5000 more were slain on the highways, and 2000 near Gidom, as after related:

all these were men of valour; as appears by three times facing and engaging with the army of Israel, so vastly superior to them, and twice beating them.


 
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