20 The Israelites went out to fight the Benjamites and took up battle positions against them at Gibeah.
20 And the men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin; and the men of Israel put themselves in array to fight against them at 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.
20 The army of Israel marched out against Benjamin and took up their positions, ready to attack Gibeah.
20 And the men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin, and the men of Israel put themselves in battle array to fight against them at Gibeah.
20 Then they advanced toward Gibeah to attack the men of Benjamin.
21 The Benjamites came out of Gibeah and cut down twenty-two thousand Israelites on the battlefield that day.
21 And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites that day twenty and two thousand men.
21 The people of Benjamin came out of Gibeah and destroyed on that day 22,000 men of the Israelites.
21 But the Benjaminites poured out of Gibeah and devastated twenty-two Israelite divisions on the ground.
21 Then the children of Benjamin came out of Gibeah, and on that day cut down to the ground twenty-two thousand men of the Israelites.
21 But Benjamin's warriors, who were defending the town, came out and killed 22,000 Israelites on the battlefield that day.
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.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Judges 20:20
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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.