Judges 20:41

20:41 When the Israelites turned around, the Benjaminites panicked ¹  because they could see that disaster was on their doorstep. ² 

Judges 21:1

600 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

20:17 The men of Israel (not counting Benjamin) had mustered four hundred thousand sword-wielding soldiers, every one an experienced warrior. ³ 

Judges 20:48

20:48 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.”