Judges 20:35

Judges 20:35 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the Lord smote Benjamin before Israel: and the children of Israel destroyed of the Benjamites that day twenty and five thousand and an hundred men: all these drew the sword.
• New International Version (NIV)The Lord defeated Benjamin before Israel, and on that day the Israelites struck down 25,100 Benjamites, all armed with swords.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the Lord defeated Benjamin before Israel, and the people of Israel destroyed 25,100 men of Benjamin that day. All these were men who drew the sword.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The Lord defeated Benjamin before Israel. And the children of Israel destroyed that day twenty-five thousand one hundred Benjamites; all these drew the sword.

Context of Judges 20:35

33So all the men of Israel got up from their places and arrayed themselves at Baal-tamar, and the Israelites in ambush charged from their positions west of Gibeah. 34Then 10,000 select men from all Israel made a frontal assault against Gibeah, and the battle was fierce. But the Benjamites did not realize that disaster was upon them. The LORD defeated Benjamin in the presence of Israel, and on that day the Israelites slaughtered 25,100 Benjamites, all armed with swords. 36Then the Benjamites realized they had been defeated. Now the men of Israel had retreated before Benjamin because they were relying on the ambush they had set against Gibeah. 37The men in ambush rushed suddenly against Gibeah; they advanced and put the whole city to the sword.

Judges 20:35 word by word

וַיִּגֹּ֨ף יְהוָ֥ה׀ אֶֽת־בִּנְיָמִן֮ לִפְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵל֒ וַיַּשְׁחִיתוּ֩ בְנֵ֨י יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל בְּבִנְיָמִן֙ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֔וּא עֶשְׂרִ֨ים וַחֲמִשָּׁ֥ה אֶ֛לֶף וּמֵאָ֖ה אִ֑ישׁ כָּל־אֵ֖לֶּה שֹׁ֥לֵף חָֽרֶב׃Read the interlinear

• The LORDיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• defeatedנָגַףnâgaph · to strikeH5062
• Benjaminבִּנְיָמִיןbinyâmîyn · BenjaminH1144
• in the presenceפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• and on thatהוּאhû' hîy' · he/she/itH1931
• dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• the Israelitesבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• slaughteredשָׁחַתshâchath · to ruinH7843
• 25,100עֶשְׂרִים‛eώrîym · twentyH6242
• 25,100חָמֵשׁchâmêsh chămishshâh · fiveH2568
• 25,100אֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
• 25,100מֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
• Benjamitesאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• allאֵ֫לֶּה'êlleh · theseH428
• armedשָׁלַףshâlaph · to drawH8025
• with swordsחֶ֫רֶבchereb · swordH2719

Cross-references for Judges 20:35

• Judges 20:15On that day the Benjamites mobilized 26,000 swordsmen from their cities, in addition to the 700 select men of Gibeah.
• Job 20:5the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?

Commentaries on Judges 20:35

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 35Twenty and five thousand and a hundred - As the Benjamites consisted only of twenty-six thousand and seven hundred slingers; or, as the Vulgate, Septuagint, and others read, twenty-five thousand, which is most probably the true reading; then the whole of the Benjamites were cut to pieces, except six hundred men, who we are informed fled to the rock Rimmon, where they fortified themselves.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 29-44On the third day, they used similar tricks and surprise attacks as when they took over Ai (Joshua 8:1–29).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 29-4829-48. And Israel set liers-in-wait round about Gibeah--A plan was formed of taking that city by stratagem, similar to that employed in the capture of Ai [Jos 8:9].Read the comment

Topics related to Judges 20:35

• Ambush
• Armies
• Rape
• Strategy

In the dictionaries

• Benjamin
• Israel
• Children of Israel
• That Day
• Congregation
• Fetch
• Gibeah
• Glean
• Trust
• Wickedness

Commentaries on Judges 20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary