Judges 20:15-16
Context20:15 That day the Benjaminites mustered from their cities twenty-six thousand sword-wielding soldiers, besides seven hundred well-trained soldiers from Gibeah. 1 20:16 Among this army 2 were seven hundred specially-trained left-handed soldiers. 3 Each one could sling a stone and hit even the smallest target. 4


[20:15] 1 tn Heb “besides from the ones living in Gibeah they mustered seven hundred choice men.”
[20:16] 2 tn Heb “And from all this people.”
[20:16] 3 tn Heb “seven hundred choice men, bound/restricted in the right hand.” On the significance of the idiom, “bound/restricted in the right hand,” see the translator’s note on 3:15.