Judges 20:46

Judges 20:46 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)So that all which fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and five thousand men that drew the sword; all these were men of valour.
• New International Version (NIV)On that day twenty-five thousand Benjamite swordsmen fell, all of them valiant fighters.
• English Standard Version (ESV)So all who fell that day of Benjamin were 25,000 men who drew the sword, all of them men of valor.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So all who fell of Benjamin that day were twenty-five thousand men who drew the sword; all these were men of valor.

Context of Judges 20:46

44There 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. In all, 25,000 men from Benjamin who were armed with swords were killed that day. They were all experienced men. 47But 600 men turned and fled into the desert to Rimmon Rock. They stayed at Rimmon Rock for four months. 48Then the men of Israel went back to attack the rest of the territory of Benjamin. They killed all the people and cattle they found in every city. They also burned down every city they came to.

Judges 20:46 word by word

וַיְהִי֩ כָל־הַנֹּ֨פְלִ֜ים מִבִּנְיָמִ֗ן עֶשְׂרִים֩ וַחֲמִשָּׁ֨ה אֶ֥לֶף אִ֛ישׁ שֹׁ֥לֵֽף חֶ֖רֶב בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֑וּא אֶֽת־כָּל־אֵ֖לֶּה אַנְשֵׁי־חָֽיִל׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• So that all which fellנָפַלnâphal · to fall: killH5307
• that dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• of Benjaminבִּנְיָמִיןbinyâmîyn · BenjaminH1144
• were twentyעֶשְׂרִים‛eώrîym · twentyH6242
• and fiveחָמֵשׁchâmêsh chămishshâh · fiveH2568
• thousandאֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
• menאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• that drewשָׁלַףshâlaph · to drawH8025
• the swordחֶ֫רֶבchereb · swordH2719
• menאֱנוֹשׁ'ĕnôsh · humanH582
• of valourחַ֫יִלchayil · strengthH2428

Cross-references for Judges 20:46

• 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.

Commentaries on Judges 20:46

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 46In Judges 20:35 the number given is 25,100. Judges 20:44-46 give the details of the loss on that day: 18,000,5,000, and 2,000; in all 25,000. But as the Benjamites numbered 26,700 men Judges 20:15, and 600 escaped to the rock of Rimmon, it is clear that 1,100 are unaccounted for, partly from no account being taken of those who fell in the battles of the two first days, partly from the use of round numbers, or from some other cause. The numbers given both…Read the comment
• 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

• Benjamin
• That Day
• Congregation
• Fetch
• Gibeah
• Glean
• Trust
• Wickedness
• Wolf
• Archery

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