Judges 20:22

Judges 20:22 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the people the men of Israel encouraged themselves, and set their battle again in array in the place where they put themselves in array the first day.
• New International Version (NIV)But the Israelites encouraged one another and again took up their positions where they had stationed themselves the first day.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But the people, the men of Israel, took courage, and again formed the battle line in the same place where they had formed it on the first day.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And the people, that is, the men of Israel, encouraged themselves and again formed the battle line at the place where they had put themselves in array on the first day.

Context of Judges 20:22

20So the men of Israel went to war with the men of Benjamin. The Israelites formed their battle line facing Gibeah. 21That day the men of Benjamin came out from Gibeah. They slaughtered 22,000 of Israel’s men. But Israel’s troops got reinforcements. They formed their battle line where they had formed it on the first day. 23The Israelites went and cried in the presence of the Lord until evening. They asked the Lord, “Should we continue to wage war against our close relatives, the men of Benjamin?” The Lord answered, “Go fight them!” 24On the second day the Israelite troops advanced against Benjamin.

Judges 20:22 word by word

וַיִּתְחַזֵּ֥ק הָעָ֖ם אִ֣ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיֹּסִ֙פוּ֙ לַעֲרֹ֣ךְ מִלְחָמָ֔ה בַּמָּק֕וֹם אֲשֶׁר־עָ֥רְכוּ שָׁ֖ם בַּיּ֥וֹם הָרִאשֽׁוֹן׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the peopleעַם‛am · people: soldiersH5971
• the menאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• encouragedחָזַקchâzaq · to strengthen: strengthenH2388
• themselves, and set their battleמִלְחָמָהmilchâmâh · battleH4421
• againיָסַףyâsaph · to add: againH3254
• in arrayעָרַךְ‛ârak · to arrangeH6186
• in the placeמָקוֹםmâqôm mâqôm meqômâh meqômâh · placeH4725
• the firstרִאשׁוֹןri'shôn ri'shôn · firstH7223
• dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117

Cross-references for Judges 20:22

• Judges 20:15That day 26,000 men armed with swords came from Benjamin’s cities and organized for battle along with 700 of Gibeah’s best men.
• 1 Samuel 30:6David was in great distress because the people in their bitterness said he should be stoned. (They were thinking of their sons and daughters. But David found strength in the Lord his God.)
• 2 Samuel 11:25David said to the messenger, “This is what you are to say to Joab, ‘Don’t let this thing trouble you, because a sword can kill one person as easily as another. Strengthen your attack against the city, and destroy it.’ Say this to encourage him.”
• Psalms 64:5They encourage one another in their evil plans. They talk about setting traps and say, “Who can see them?”

Commentaries on Judges 20:22

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22-23After a period of weeping and likely confession (see Joshua 7), the Israelite troops received divine guidance and regained confidence.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 18-2818-28. the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God--This consultation at Shiloh was right. But they ought to have done it at the commencement of their proceedings. Instead of this, all their plans were formed, and never doubting, it would seem, that the war was just and inevitable, the only subject of their inquiry related to the precedency of the tribes--a point which it is likely was discussed in the assembly. Had they asked counsel of…Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Israel
• Congregation
• Fetch
• Gibeah
• Glean
• Trust
• Wickedness
• Wolf
• Archery
• Israel, History of

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