God’s Word Translation
Judges 20:44
44There were 18,000 experienced men from Benjamin who died in battle.
Judges 20:44 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these were men of valour.
- New International Version (NIV)Eighteen thousand Benjamites fell, all of them valiant fighters.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Eighteen thousand men of Benjamin fell, all of them men of valor.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And eighteen thousand men of Benjamin fell; all these were men of valor.
Context of Judges 20:44
42They turned in front of Israel toward the road to the desert. But the battle caught up with the men of Benjamin. Israel slaughtered whoever came out of the cities on the road to the desert. 43They closed in on the men of Benjamin and pursued them without stopping. They overtook them east of Gibeah. There were 18,000 experienced men from Benjamin who died in battle. 45The others turned and fled into the desert to Rimmon Rock. But the men of Israel killed 5,000 more on the roads. They caught up with another 2,000 and killed them near Gidom. 46In all, 25,000 men from Benjamin who were armed with swords were killed that day. They were all experienced men.
Read all of Judges 20Judges 20:44 word by word
וַֽיִּפְּלוּ֙ מִבִּנְיָמִ֔ן שְׁמֹנָֽה־עָשָׂ֥ר אֶ֖לֶף אִ֑ישׁ אֶת־כָּל־אֵ֖לֶּה אַנְשֵׁי־חָֽיִל׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And there fellנָפַלnâphal · to fall: killH5307
- of Benjaminבִּנְיָמִיןbinyâmîyn · BenjaminH1144
- eighteenעָשָׂר‛âώâr · tenH6240
- eighteenשְׁמֹנֶהshemôneh shemôneh shemônâh shemônâh · eightH8083
- thousandאֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
- menאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
- menאֱנוֹשׁ'ĕnôsh · humanH582
- of valourחַ֫יִלchayil · strengthH2428
Commentaries on Judges 20:44
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 36-48This section provides another description of the battle.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
In the dictionaries
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
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