Judges 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.”

Judges 20:26

20:26 So all the Israelites, the whole army, ⁴  went up to ⁵  Bethel. ⁶  They wept and sat there before the Lord; they did not eat anything ⁷  that day until evening. They offered up burnt sacrifices and tokens of peace ⁸  to the Lord.

Judges 20:31

20:31 The Benjaminites attacked ⁹  the army, leaving the city unguarded. ¹⁰  They began to strike down their enemy ¹¹  just as they had done before. On the main roads (one leads to Bethel, ¹²  the other to Gibeah) and in the field, they struck down ¹³  about thirty Israelites.

[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?”

[20:26]  ⁴ tn Heb “and all the people.”

[20:26]  ⁵ tn Heb “went up and came [to].”

[20:26]  ⁶ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[20:26]  ⁷ tn Traditionally, “fasted.”

[20:26]  ⁸ tn Or “peace offerings.”

[20:31]  ⁹ tn Heb “went out to meet.”

[20:31]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and they were drawn away from the city.”

[20:31]  ¹¹ tn Heb “from the army wounded ones.”

[20:31]  ¹² map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[20:31]  ¹³ tn The words “they struck down” are supplied in the translation for clarification.