Judges 20:18-21

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 

[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?”

[20:19]  ⁴ tn Heb “encamped.”

[20:20]  ⁷ tn Heb “the men of Israel.” The noun phrase has been replaced by the pronoun (“they”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[20:21]  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.”