Hakim-hakim 20:18

20:18 The Israelites went up to Bethel ¹  and asked God, ²  “Who should lead the charge against the Benjaminites?” ³  The Lord said, “Judah should lead.”

Hakim-hakim 20:35

20:35 The Lord annihilated Benjamin before Israel; the Israelites struck down that day 25,100 sword-wielding Benjaminites. ⁴ 

Hakim-hakim 20:48

20:48 The Israelites returned to the Benjaminite towns ⁵  and put the sword to them. They wiped out the cities, ⁶  the animals, and everything they could find. They set fire to every city in their path. ⁷ 

[20:18]  ¹ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[20:18]  ² tn Heb “They arose and went up to Bethel and asked God, and the Israelites said.”

[20:18]  ³ tn Heb “Who should go up for us first for battle against the sons of Benjamin?”

[20:35]  ⁴ tn Heb “And the sons of Israel struck down in Benjamin that day 25,100 men, all of these wielding the sword.”

[20:48]  ⁵ tn Heb “to the sons of Benjamin.”

[20:48]  ⁶ tc The translation is based on the reading מֵעִיר מְתִים (me’ir mÿtim, “from a city of men,” i.e., “an inhabited city”), rather than the reading מֵעִיר מְתֹם (me’ir mÿtom, “from a city of soundness”) found in the Leningrad Codex (L).

[20:48]  ⁷ tn Heb “Also all the cities that were found they set on fire.”