So that all who fell that day of Benjamin were twenty-five thousand men who drew the sword. All these were men of valor.
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So that all who fell that day of Benjamin were twenty-five thousand men who drew the sword. All these were men of valor.
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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.
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So that all who fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and five thousand men that drew the sword; all these were men of valour.
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Passages linked to Judges 20:46 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Judges 20:15 The children of Benjamin were counted on that day out of the cities twenty-six thousand men who drew the sword, in addition to the inhabitants of Gibeah, who were counted seven hundred chosen men.
- Judges 20:35 Yahweh struck Benjamin before Israel; and the children of Israel destroyed of Benjamin that day twenty-five thousand one hundred men. All these drew the sword.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Besides eleven hundred that had been slain in the…
Besides eleven hundred that had been slain in the former battles.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Jdg 20:46 So that all which fell that day…
Jdg 20:46 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.
Ver. 46. Twenty and five thousand.] Besides a thousand slain in the two former battles; for war is utrinque triste, sad on both sides.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Twenty and five thousand, besides the odd hundred expressed…
Twenty and five thousand, besides the odd hundred expressed Jdg 20:35; but here only the great number is expressed, the less being omitted, as inconsiderable; which way of numbering is frequent in Scripture, as Jdg 11:26; 2Sa 5:5, and in other authors, and in vulgar use; as when they are called the seventy interpreters, who in truth and exactness were seventy-two. Here are also a thousand more omitted, because here he speaks only of them who fell in that third day of battle. See Poole "Jdg 20:15".
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain But six hundred men,.... Who were all that were…
But six hundred men,.... Who were all that were left of 26,700
turned and fled to the wilderness; turned out of the highway or common road, and being swift of foot, got to a wilderness; what wilderness is not certain:
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unto the rock Rimmon, and abode in the rock Rimmon four months; very probably in a cave of that rock, which might be large enough to hold such a number; Saul is said to have just the same number under it, and David had also a like number in a cave at Engedi, Sa1 14:2, and from hence these men might send out of their number to fetch in provision for them from parts adjacent, after the heat of the action was over, and the rage and fury of the Israelites subsided.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Twenty and five thousand - Besides the odd hundred…
Twenty and five thousand - Besides the odd hundred expressed ver.
35, but here only the great number is mentioned, the less being omitted, as inconsiderable. Here are also a thousand more omitted, because he speaks only of them who fell in that third day of battle.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Jdg 20:46. Twenty and five thousand — Besides the…
Jdg 20:46. Twenty and five thousand — Besides the odd hundred expressed Jdg 20:35; but here only the great number is mentioned, the less being omitted, as inconsiderable. Here are also a thousand more omitted, because he speaks only of them who fell in that third day of battle.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain In Jdg 20:35 the number given is 25,100. Jdg…
In Jdg 20:35 the number given is 25,100. Jdg 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 Jdg 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 here and in Jdg 20:35 are expressly restricted to those who fell on “that” (the third) “day.”
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain War. The Scripture, and other authors of the greatest…
War. The Scripture, and other authors of the greatest exactitude, sometimes use round numbers. (Calmet) --- An odd hundred (ver. 35, and 15.; Haydock) is here neglected. (Calmet)
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain all which fell that day of Benjamin were twenty…
all which fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and five thousand men--On comparing this with Jdg 20:35, it will be seen that the loss is stated here in round numbers and is confined only to that of the third day. We must conclude that a thousand had fallen during the two previous engagements, in order to make the aggregate amount given (Jdg 20:15).
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 46. All these were men of valour — The…
46. All these were men of valour — The brave Benjamites, though conquered at last, compelled the victors to acknowledge their heroism and valour. On the number of the slain, see note on Jdg_20:35.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 46. For the total here cf. on Jdg_20:35. This…
46. For the total here cf. on Jdg_20:35. This and the preceding verse appear to be, not fragments from the B narrative, but editorial additions: the first part of Jdg_20:45 is borrowed from Jdg_20:47, the figures in Jdg_20:46 are obtained by adding up those in Jdg_20:44 (from A) and 45; contrast B’s total in Jdg_20:35.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (46) Twenty and five thousand men.—Eighteen thousand killed in…
(46) Twenty and five thousand men.—Eighteen thousand killed in battle, ┼ 5,000 on the paved roads (mesilloth), ┼ 2,000 near Rimmon, ┼ 600 survivors, makes 25,600. But as the Benjamites were 26,700 (see Jdg_20:15), either the total in Jdg_20:15 is wrong, or we must make the much more natural supposition that 1,000 Benjamites, as against 40,000 Israelites (which would only be 1 to 36), had fallen in the two first battles.
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