Revised Literal Translation
Judges 20:24
24And the children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin the second day.
Judges 20:24 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin the second day.
- New International Version (NIV)Then the Israelites drew near to Benjamin the second day.
- English Standard Version (ESV)So the people of Israel came near against the people of Benjamin the second day.
- New King James Version (NKJV)So the children of Israel approached the children of Benjamin on the second day.
Context of Judges 20:24
22And the people the men of Israel encouraged themselves, and set their battle again in array in the place where they put themselves in array the first day. 23(And the children of Israel went up and wept before Yhwh until even, and asked counsel of Yhwh, saying, Shall I go up again to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother? And Yhwh said, Go up against him.) And the children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin the second day. 25And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day, and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again eighteen thousand men; all these drew the sword. 26Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came unto the house of God, and wept, and sat there before Yhwh, and fasted that day until even, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before Yhwh.
Read all of Judges 20Judges 20:24 word by word
וַיִּקְרְב֧וּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל אֶל־בְּנֵ֥י בִנְיָמִ֖ן בַּיּ֥וֹם הַשֵּׁנִֽי׃Read the interlinear
Commentaries on Judges 20:24
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 24-25A second disaster shook the Israelites' confidence (Judges 20:26–28).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 18-2818-28. the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God--This consultation at Shiloh was right. But they ought to have done it at the commencement of their proceedings. Instead of this, all their plans were formed, and never doubting, it would seem, that the war was just and inevitable, the only subject of their inquiry related to the precedency of the tribes--a point which it is likely was discussed in the assembly. Had they asked counsel of…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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