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Judges 20:17

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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  • WEB World English Bible

    The men of Israel, besides Benjamin, were counted four hundred thousand men who drew sword. All these were men of war.

  • KJV King James Version

    And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war.

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    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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Cross-references (7)

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…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin,.... Who did…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Men of Israel - Such as were here present,…
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Jdg 20:17. The men of Israel were four hundred…
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Thousand. Their numbers had decreased since they came out…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain A repetition of the statement in ver. 2.
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 not counting

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