Judges 20:16-18

International Standard Version

¹⁶ Out of all these soldiers, 700 of them were left-handed—and each one could sling a stone at a hair and never miss. ¹⁷ But the Israeli army—not counting the tribe of Benjamin—numbered 400,000 expert swordsmen, all of them battle-hardened soldiers.^[a]

Civil War Lays Waste to the Tribe of Benjamin

¹⁸ The Israelis mounted up, traveled to Bethel, and asked God what to do.^[b] They said, “Who is to lead us in our opening attack against the descendants of Benjamin?”

The Lord replied, “Judah is to open the attack.”