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

33Then all the men of Israel arose from their place and arrayed themselves at Baal-tamar; and the men of Israel in ambush broke out of their place, even out of Maareh-geba. 34When ten thousand choice men from all Israel came against Gibeah, the battle became fierce; but Benjamin did not know that disaster was close to them. And the Lord struck Benjamin before Israel, so that the sons of Israel destroyed 25,100 men of Benjamin that day, all who draw the sword. 36So the sons of Benjamin saw that they were defeated. When the men of Israel gave ground to Benjamin because they relied on the men in ambush whom they had set against Gibeah, 37the men in ambush hurried and rushed against Gibeah; the men in ambush also deployed and struck all the city with the edge of 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

• And the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• struckנָגַףnâgaph · to strikeH5062
• Benjaminבִּנְיָמִיןbinyâmîyn · BenjaminH1144
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• so that the sonsבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• destroyedשָׁחַתshâchath · to ruinH7843
• 25,100עֶשְׂרִים‛eώrîym · twentyH6242
• 25,100חָמֵשׁchâmêsh chămishshâh · fiveH2568
• 25,100אֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
• 25,100מֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
• menאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• that dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• whoאֵ֫לֶּה'êlleh · theseH428
• drawשָׁלַףshâlaph · to drawH8025
• the swordחֶ֫רֶבchereb · swordH2719

Cross-references for Judges 20:35

• Judges 20:15From the cities on that day the sons of Benjamin were numbered, 26,000 men who draw the sword, besides the inhabitants of Gibeah who were numbered, 700 choice men.
• Job 20:5That the triumphing of the wicked is short, 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