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.” 20:19 The Israelites got up the next morning and moved 4 against Gibeah. 20:20 The men of Israel marched out to fight Benjamin; they 5 arranged their battle lines against Gibeah. 20:21 The Benjaminites attacked from Gibeah and struck down twenty-two thousand Israelites that day. 6
1 map For location see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.
2 tn Heb “They arose and went up to Bethel and asked God, and the Israelites said.”
3 tn Heb “Who should go up for us first for battle against the sons of Benjamin?”
4 tn Heb “encamped.”
7 tn Heb “the men of Israel.” The noun phrase has been replaced by the pronoun (“they”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.
10 tn Heb “The sons of Benjamin came out of Gibeah and they struck down in Israel that day twenty-two thousand men to the ground.”