46 On that day twenty-five thousand Benjamite swordsmen fell, all of them valiant fighters.
46 So that all which fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and five thousand men that drew the sword; all these were men of valour.
46 So all who fell that day of Benjamin were 25,000 men who drew the sword, all of them men of valor.
46 The total of the Benjaminites killed that day came to twenty-five divisions of infantry, their best swordsmen.
46 So all who fell of Benjamin that day were twenty-five thousand men who drew the sword; all these were men of valor.
46 So that day the tribe of Benjamin lost 25,000 strong warriors armed with swords,
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Judges 20:46
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The tribe of Benjamin nearly extirpated.
The Israelites' abhorrence of the crime committed at Gibeah, and their resolution to punish the criminals, were right; but they formed their resolves with too much haste and self-confidence. The eternal ruin of souls will be worse, and more fearful, than these desolations of a tribe.