Judges 20:25

Judges 20:25 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day, and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again eighteen thousand men; all these drew the sword.
• New International Version (NIV)This time, when the Benjamites came out from Gibeah to oppose them, they cut down another eighteen thousand Israelites, all of them armed with swords.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And Benjamin went against them out of Gibeah the second day, and destroyed 18,000 men of the people of Israel. All these were men who drew the sword.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And Benjamin went out against them from Gibeah on the second day, and cut down to the ground eighteen thousand more of the children of Israel; all these drew the sword.

Context of Judges 20:25

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. Benjamin went out from Gibeah to meet them. This time they slaughtered 18,000 men from Israel who were armed with swords. 26Then all the men of Israel and all the troops went to Bethel. They sat there and cried in the presence of the Lord and fasted that day until evening. Then they sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings to the Lord. 27In those days the ark of God’s promise was at Bethel.

Judges 20:25 word by word

וַיֵּצֵא֩ בִנְיָמִ֨ן׀ לִקְרָאתָ֥ם׀ מִֽן־הַגִּבְעָה֮ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשֵּׁנִי֒ וַיַּשְׁחִיתוּ֩ בִבְנֵ֨י יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל ע֗וֹד שְׁמֹנַ֨ת עָשָׂ֥ר אֶ֛לֶף אִ֖ישׁ אָ֑רְצָה כָּל־אֵ֖לֶּה שֹׁ֥לְפֵי חָֽרֶב׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Benjaminבִּנְיָמִיןbinyâmîyn · BenjaminH1144
• went forthיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
• againstקִרְאָהqir'âh · befallH7125
• them out of Gibeahגִּבְעָהgib‛âh · GibeahH1390
• the secondשֵׁנִיshênîy · secondH8145
• dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• and destroyed downשָׁחַתshâchath · to ruinH7843
• to the groundאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: soilH776
• of the childrenבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• again eighteenעָשָׂר‛âώâr · tenH6240
• again eighteenשְׁמֹנֶהshemôneh shemôneh shemônâh shemônâh · eightH8083
• thousandאֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
• menאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• all these drewשָׁלַףshâlaph · to drawH8025
• the swordחֶ֫רֶבchereb · swordH2719

Cross-references for Judges 20:25

• Judges 20:21That day the men of Benjamin came out from Gibeah. They slaughtered 22,000 of Israel’s men.
• Genesis 18:25It would be unthinkable for you to do such a thing, to treat the innocent and the guilty alike and to kill the innocent with the guilty. That would be unthinkable! Won’t the judge of the whole earth do what is fair?”
• Job 9:12He takes something away, ⌞but⌟ who can stop him? Who is going to ask him, ‘What are you doing?’
• Psalms 97:2Clouds and darkness surround him. Righteousness and justice are the foundations of his throne.
• Romans 2:5Since you are stubborn and don’t want to change the way you think and act, you are adding to the anger that God will have against you on that day when God vents his anger. At that time God will reveal that his decisions are fair.
• Romans 3:5But if what we do wrong shows that God is fair, what should we say? Is God unfair when he vents his anger on us? (I’m arguing the way humans would.)
• Romans 11:33God’s riches, wisdom, and knowledge are so deep that it is impossible to explain his decisions or to understand his ways.

Commentaries on Judges 20:25

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 24-25A second disaster shook the Israelites' confidence (Judges 20:26–28).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

• Benjamin
• Gibeah
• Israel
• Children of Israel
• Congregation
• Fetch
• Glean
• Trust
• Wickedness
• Wolf

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