Judges 20:21
Good News Translation
The army of Benjamin came out of the city, and before the day was over they had killed twenty-two thousand Israelite soldiers.

New Revised Standard Version
The Benjaminites came out of Gibeah, and struck down on that day twenty-two thousand of the Israelites.

Contemporary English Version
Benjamin's soldiers came out of Gibeah and attacked, and when the day was over, 22,000 Israelite soldiers lay dead on the ground.

New American Bible
The Benjaminites marched out of Gibeah that day and felled twenty-two thousand men of Israel.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the children of Benjamin coming out of Gabaa slew of the children of Israel that day two and twenty thousand men.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And the children of Benjamin coming out of Gabaa slew of the children of Israel that day two and twenty thousand men.

the children

Genesis 49:27 Benjamin a ravenous wolf, in the morning shall eat the prey, and in the evening shall divide the spoil.

Hosea 10:9 From the days of Gabaa, Israel hath sinned, there they stood: the battle in Gabaa against the children of iniquity shall not overtake them.

destroyed

Deuteronomy 23:9 When thou goest out to war against thy enemies, thou shalt keep thyself from every evil thing.

2 Chronicles 28:10 Moreover you have a mind to keep under the children of Juda and Jerusalem for your bondmen and bondwomen, which ought not to be done: for you have sinned in this against the Lord your God.

Psalm 33:16 The king is not saved by a great army: nor shall the giant be saved by his own great strength.

Psalm 73:18,19 But indeed for deceits thou hast put it to them: when they were lifted up thou hast cast them down. . . .

Psalm 77:19 Thy way is in the sea, and thy paths in many waters: and thy footsteps shall not be known.

Ecclesiastes 9:1-3 All these things have I considered in my heart, that I might carefully understand them: there are just men and wise men, and their works are in the hand of God: and yet man knoweth not whether he be worthy of love, or hatred: . . .

Jeremiah 12:1 Thou indeed, O Lord, art just, if I plead with thee, but yet I will speak what is just to thee: Why doth the way of the wicked prosper: why is it well with all them that transgress, and do wickedly?

Context
Civil War Against Benjamin
20And going out from thence to fight against Benjamin, began to assault the city. 21And the children of Benjamin coming out of Gabaa slew of the children of Israel that day two and twenty thousand men.22Again Israel, trusting in their strength and their number, set their army in array in the same place, where they had fought before:…
Cross References
Judges 20:20
And going out from thence to fight against Benjamin, began to assault the city.

Judges 20:22
Again Israel, trusting in their strength and their number, set their army in array in the same place, where they had fought before:

Judges 20:25
The children of Benjamin sallied forth out of the gates of Gabaa: and meeting them, made so great a slaughter of them, as to kill eighteen thousand men that drew the sword.

Psalm 78:62
And he shut up his people under the sword: and he despised his inheritance.

Judges 20:20
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