Judges 20:46 BSB — MannaFest

Judges 20:46

That day 25,000 Benjamite swordsmen fell, all men of valor.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

So that all who fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and five thousand men that drew the sword; all these were men of valor.

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.

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Commentary

1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

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.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיְהִי֩	vay.Hi	and it was	H1961 →
כָל־	khol-	all	H3605 →
הַנֹּ֨פְלִ֜ים	ha.No.fe.Lim	those [who] fell	H5307 →
מִבִּנְיָמִ֗ן	mi.bin.ya.Min	of Benjamin	H1144 →
עֶשְׂרִים֩	'es.Rim	twenty	H6242 →
וַחֲמִשָּׁ֨ה	va.cha.mi.Shah	and five	H2568 →
אֶ֥לֶף	'E.lef	thousand	H505 →
אִ֛ישׁ	'ish	man	H376 →
שֹׁ֥לֵֽף	Sho.lef	[who] drew	H8025 →
חֶ֖רֶב	Che.rev	a sword	H2719 →
בַּיּ֣וֹם	bai.Yom	on the day	H3117 →
הַה֑וּא	ha.Hu'	<the> that	H1931 →
אֶֽת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
אֵ֖לֶּה	'E.leh	these	H428 →
אַנְשֵׁי־	'an.shei-	[were] men of	H582 →
חָֽיִל׃	Cha.yil	strength	H2428 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

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Where the connections lead

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Through
Judges 20:15
On that day the Benjamites mobilized 26,000 swordsmen from their cities, in addition to the 700 select men of Gibeah.
leads to
- Numbers 26:41
  These were the clans of Benjamin, and their registration numbered 45,600.
- Numbers 1:37
  those registered to the tribe of Benjamin numbered 35,400.
- Judges 20:25
  That same day the Benjamites came out against them from Gibeah and cut down another 18,000 Israelites, all of them armed with swords.
- Judges 20:35
  The LORD defeated Benjamin in the presence of Israel, and on that day the Israelites slaughtered 25,100 Benjamites, all armed with swords.
- Judges 20:46–47
  That day 25,000 Benjamite swordsmen fell, all men of valor.
Through
Judges 20:35
The LORD defeated Benjamin in the presence of Israel, and on that day the Israelites slaughtered 25,100 Benjamites, all armed with swords.
leads to
- Job 20:5
  the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?
- Judges 20:15
  On that day the Benjamites mobilized 26,000 swordsmen from their cities, in addition to the 700 select men of Gibeah.
- Judges 20:44–46
  And 18,000 Benjamites fell, all men of valor.

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