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Judges 20:16-18
International Standard Version
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.”
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- Judges 20:17 Lit. them men of war
- Judges 20:18 The Heb. lacks what to do
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