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Judges 20:18-26
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Judges 20:18-26
English Standard Version
18 The people of Israel arose and went up to (A)Bethel and inquired of God, (B)“Who shall go up first for us to fight against the people of Benjamin?” And the Lord said, (C)“Judah shall go up first.”
19 Then the people of Israel rose in the morning and encamped against Gibeah. 20 And the men of Israel went out to fight against Benjamin, and the men of Israel drew up the battle line against them at Gibeah. 21 (D)The people of Benjamin came out of Gibeah and destroyed on that day 22,000 men of the Israelites. 22 But the people, the men of Israel, took courage, and again formed the battle line in the same place where they had formed it on the first day. 23 (E)And the people of Israel went up and wept before the Lord until the evening. And they inquired of the Lord, “Shall we again draw near to fight against our brothers, the people of Benjamin?” And the Lord said, “Go up against them.”
24 So the people of Israel came near against the people of Benjamin the second day. 25 And Benjamin (F)went against them out of Gibeah the second day, and destroyed 18,000 men of the people of Israel. All these were men who (G)drew the sword. 26 Then all the people of Israel, the whole army, went up and came to (H)Bethel and wept. They sat there before the Lord and fasted that day until evening, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord.
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Judges 20:18-26
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Judges 20:18-26
New International Version
18 The Israelites went up to Bethel[a](A) and inquired of God.(B) They said, “Who of us is to go up first(C) to fight(D) against the Benjamites?”
The Lord replied, “Judah(E) shall go first.”
19 The next morning the Israelites got up and pitched camp near Gibeah. 20 The Israelites went out to fight the Benjamites and took up battle positions against them at Gibeah. 21 The Benjamites came out of Gibeah and cut down twenty-two thousand Israelites(F) on the battlefield that day. 22 But the Israelites encouraged one another and again took up their positions where they had stationed themselves the first day. 23 The Israelites went up and wept before the Lord(G) until evening,(H) and they inquired of the Lord.(I) They said, “Shall we go up again to fight(J) against the Benjamites, our fellow Israelites?”
The Lord answered, “Go up against them.”
24 Then the Israelites drew near to Benjamin the second day. 25 This time, when the Benjamites came out from Gibeah to oppose them, they cut down another eighteen thousand Israelites,(K) all of them armed with swords.
26 Then all the Israelites, the whole army, went up to Bethel, and there they sat weeping before the Lord.(L) They fasted(M) that day until evening and presented burnt offerings(N) and fellowship offerings(O) to the Lord.(P)
Footnotes
- Judges 20:18 Or to the house of God; also in verse 26
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