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16 Out of all these people were seven hundred choice [a]left-handed men; each one could sling stones at [a target no wider than] a hair and not [b]miss.

17 Then the men of Israel, other than Benjamin, assembled four hundred thousand men who drew the sword; all of these were men of war.

Civil War, Benjamin Defeated

18 The men of Israel arose and went up to [c]Bethel and asked of God and said, “Which of us shall take the lead to battle against the sons [tribe] of Benjamin?” And the Lord said, “Judah [shall go up] first.”

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 20:16 Lit impeded in the right hand.
  2. Judges 20:16 This is the verb usually translated as to sin.
  3. Judges 20:18 Apparently the ark of the covenant and the high priest were in Bethel.

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