The men of Israel, besides Benjamin, were counted four hundred thousand men who drew sword. All these were men of war.
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The men of Israel, besides Benjamin, were counted four hundred thousand men who drew sword. All these were men of war.
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And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war.
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And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword; all these were men of war.
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Passages linked to Judges 20:17 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Numbers 1:46 all those who were counted were six hundred three thousand five hundred fifty.
- Numbers 26:51 These are those who were counted of the children of Israel, six hundred one thousand seven hundred thirty.
- Judges 20:2 The chiefs of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen who drew sword.
- 1 Samuel 11:8 He counted them in Bezek; and the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
- 1 Samuel 15:4 Saul summoned the people, and counted them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.
- 1 Chronicles 21:5 Joab gave up the sum of the census of the people to David. All those of Israel were one million one hundred thousand men who drew a sword; and in Judah were four hundred seventy thousand men who drew a sword.
- 2 Chronicles 17:14-18 This was the numbering of them according to their fathers’ houses: From Judah, the captains of thousands: Adnah the captain, and with him three hundred thousand mighty men of valor; and next to him Jehohanan the captain, and with him two hundred eighty thousand; and next to him Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly offered himself to Yahweh, and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valor. From Benjamin: Eliada, a mighty man of valor, and with him two hundred thousand armed with bow and shield; and next to him Jehozabad, and with him one hundred eighty thousand ready and prepared for war.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Jdg 20:17 And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin,…
Jdg 20:17 And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these [were] men of war.
Ver. 17. Four hundred thousand men.] Besides those that supplied the camp when they came out of Egypt, they were six hundred thousand: but then Benjamin also was reckoned with them: and there were not a few cut off in the late conquest of Canaan, &c.
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain The men of Israel, to wit, such as were…
The men of Israel, to wit, such as were here present, Jdg 20:2, for otherwise it is most probable they had a far greater number of men, being 600,000 before their entrance into Canaan, Num 1:2.
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin,.... Who did…
And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin,.... Who did not join them in this affair, but opposed them:
were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: see Jdg 20:9.
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all these were men of war; inured to it, skilful and courageous.
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Men of Israel - Such as were here present,…
Men of Israel - Such as were here present, for it is probable they had a far greater number of men, being six hundred thousand before their entrance into Canaan.
John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Jdg 20:17. The men of Israel were four hundred…
Jdg 20:17. The men of Israel were four hundred thousand — That is, those that were here present, for it is probable they had a far greater number of men, being six hundred thousand before their entrance into Canaan.
Joseph Benson's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1811–1818) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Thousand. Their numbers had decreased since they came out…
Thousand. Their numbers had decreased since they came out fo Egypt, (Numbers i., and xxvi.) when they were 600,000 fighting men. (Menochius) --- But we must reflect, that some would be left to garrison the cities, &c. The Benjamites must surely have been infatuated to encounter so great a force in such a cause. (Haydock)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain A repetition of the statement in ver. 2.
A repetition of the statement in ver. 2.
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 not counting
not counting
"not including"
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400,000
"four hundred thousand men" (See: Numbers)
asked for advice from God
"asked God what to do" or "asked God how to continue"
translationWords
Israel
raise
Bethel
God
Yahweh
Judah
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