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

44Eighteen 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. That day twenty-five thousand sword-wielding Benjaminites fell in battle, all of them capable warriors. 47Six hundred survivors turned and ran away to the wilderness, to the cliff of Rimmon. They stayed there four months. 48The Israelites returned to the Benjaminite towns and put the sword to them. They wiped out the cities, the animals, and everything they could find. They set fire to every city in their path.

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 the Benjaminites mustered from their cities twenty-six thousand sword-wielding soldiers, besides seven hundred well-trained soldiers from Gibeah.

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
• Benjamin, Benjaminite
• That Day
• Congregation
• Fetch
• Gibeah
• Glean
• Trust
• Wickedness
• Wolf

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