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 to flee in the direction of the wilderness, but the battle overtook them while those who attacked from the cities were annihilating them in the midst of them. 43They surrounded Benjamin, pursued them without rest, and trampled them down opposite Gibeah toward the east. So eighteen thousand men of Benjamin fell; all of these were valiant men. 45The rest turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, but they caught five thousand of them on the roads and overtook them at Gidom, and killed two thousand of them. 46So all those of Benjamin who fell that day were twenty-five thousand men who drew the sword; all of these were valiant men.

Judges 20:44 word by word

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

• So eighteenשְׁמֹנֶהshemôneh shemôneh shemônâh shemônâh · eightH8083
• So eighteenעָשָׂר‛âώâr · tenH6240
• thousandאֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
• menאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• of Benjaminבִּנְיָמִיןbinyâmîyn · BenjaminH1144
• fellנָפַלnâphal · to fall: killH5307
• allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• of theseאֵ֫לֶּה'êlleh · theseH428
• valiantחַ֫יִלchayil · strengthH2428
• menאִישׁ'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