Judges 20:41
Context20:41 When the Israelites turned around, the Benjaminites panicked 1 because they could see that disaster was on their doorstep. 2
Judges 21:1
Context600 Brides for 600 Brothers
21:1 The Israelites had taken an oath in Mizpah, saying, “Not one of us will allow his daughter to marry a Benjaminite.”
Judges 20:17
Context20:17 The men of Israel (not counting Benjamin) had mustered four hundred thousand sword-wielding soldiers, every one an experienced warrior. 3
Judges 20:48
Context20:48 The Israelites returned to the Benjaminite towns 4 and put the sword to them. They wiped out the cities, 5 the animals, and everything they could find. They set fire to every city in their path. 6


[20:41] 1 tn Or “were terrified.”
[20:41] 2 tn Heb “disaster touched against them.”
[20:17] 3 tn Heb “a man of war.”
[20:48] 5 tn Heb “to the sons of Benjamin.”
[20:48] 6 tc The translation is based on the reading מֵעִיר מְתִים (me’ir mÿtim, “from a city of men,” i.e., “an inhabited city”), rather than the reading מֵעִיר מְתֹם (me’ir mÿtom, “from a city of soundness”) found in the Leningrad Codex (L).
[20:48] 7 tn Heb “Also all the cities that were found they set on fire.”