Judges 20:16-18

New International Reader's Version

¹⁶ Among all these men there were 700 who were left-handed. Each of them could sling a stone at a hair and not miss.

¹⁷ Israel gathered 400,000 men together. They were carrying swords. All of them were trained for battle. That number didn’t include the tribe of Benjamin.

¹⁸ The Israelites went up to Bethel. There they asked God, “Who should go up first and fight against the people of Benjamin?”

The Lord answered, “The tribe of Judah will go first.”