New English Translation
Judges 20:44
44Eighteen thousand Benjaminites, all of them capable warriors, fell dead.
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 retreated before the Israelites, taking the road to the wilderness. But the battle overtook them as men from the surrounding cities struck them down. 43They surrounded the Benjaminites, chased them from Nohah, and annihilated them all the way to a spot east of Geba. Eighteen thousand Benjaminites, all of them capable warriors, fell dead. 45The rest turned and ran toward the wilderness, heading toward the cliff of Rimmon. But the Israelites caught five thousand of them on the main roads. They stayed right on their heels all the way to Gidom and struck down two thousand more. 46That day twenty-five thousand sword-wielding Benjaminites fell in battle, all of them capable warriors.
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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