Judges 20:44

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

42Therefore, they turned their backs before the men of Israel toward the direction of the wilderness, but the battle overtook them while those who came out of the cities destroyed them in the midst of them. 43They surrounded Benjamin, pursued them without rest and trod them down opposite Gibeah toward the east. Thus 18,000 men of Benjamin fell; all these were valiant warriors. 45The rest turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, but they caught 5,000 of them on the highways and overtook them at Gidom and killed 2,000 of them. 46So all of Benjamin who fell that day were 25,000 men who draw the sword; all these were valiant warriors.

Judges 20:44 word by word

וַֽיִּפְּלוּ֙ מִבִּנְיָמִ֔ן שְׁמֹנָֽה־עָשָׂ֥ר אֶ֖לֶף אִ֑ישׁ אֶת־כָּל־אֵ֖לֶּה אַנְשֵׁי־חָֽיִל׃Read the interlinear

• Thus 18,000שְׁמֹנֶהshemôneh shemôneh shemônâh shemônâh · eightH8083
• Thus 18,000עָשָׂר‛âώâr · tenH6240
• Thus 18,000אֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
• menאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• of Benjaminבִּנְיָמִיןbinyâmîyn · BenjaminH1144
• fellנָפַלnâphal · to fall: killH5307
• allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• theseאֵ֫לֶּה'êlleh · theseH428
• were valiantחַ֫יִלchayil · strengthH2428
• warriorsאִישׁ'îysh · manH376

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

• Benjamin
• 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