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Judges 20:44

Eighteen thousand Benjaminites, all of them capable warriors, fell dead.

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

26 So all the Israelites, the whole army, went up to Bethel. They wept and sat there before the Lord ; they did not eat anything that day until evening. They offered up burnt sacrifices and tokens of peace to the Lord . 27 The Israelites asked the Lord (for the ark of God's covenant was there in those days; 28 Phinehas son of Eleazar, son of Aaron, was serving the Lord in those days), "Should we once more march out to fight the Benjaminites our brothers, or should we quit?" The Lord said, "Attack, for tomorrow I will hand them over to you." 29 So Israel hid men in ambush outside Gibeah. 30 The Israelites attacked the Benjaminites the next day; they took their positions against Gibeah just as they had done before. 31 The Benjaminites attacked the army, leaving the city unguarded. They began to strike down their enemy just as they had done before. On the main roads (one leads to Bethel, the other to Gibeah) and in the field, they struck down about thirty Israelites. 32 Then the Benjaminites said, "They are defeated just as before." But the Israelites said, "Let's retreat and lure them away from the city into the main roads." 33 All the men of Israel got up from their places and took their positions at Baal Tamar, while the Israelites hiding in ambush jumped out of their places west of Gibeah. 34 Ten thousand men, well-trained soldiers from all Israel, then made a frontal assault against Gibeah—the battle was fierce. But the Benjaminites did not realize that disaster was at their doorstep. 35 The Lord annihilated Benjamin before Israel; the Israelites struck down that day 25,100 sword-wielding Benjaminites.

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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