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Benjamin flees toward the wilderness, is chased as far as Gidom, and twenty-five thousand men of Benjamin fall that day

광야로 도망하는 베냐민을 기돔까지 쫓아 그 날에 이만 오천이 엎드러짐

Judges 20:42–46: therefore the men of Benjamin turn their backs before the men of Israel to the way of the wilderness, but the battle follows hard after them; and those who came out of the cities destroy them in the middle of it. They surround the Benjamites, chase them, and tread them down at their resting place, as far as near Gibeah toward the sunrise. Eighteen thousand men of Benjamin fall; all these are men of valor. They turn and flee toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon. The men of Israel glean five thousand men of them in the highways, and follow hard after them to Gidom, and strike two thousand men of them. So all who fall that day of Benjamin are twenty-five thousand men who drew the sword; all these are men of valor. At the end of 20:42 the Korean Revised Version reads 군사가 급히 추격하며 각 성읍에서 나온 자를 그 가운데서 진멸하니라: the army, following hard, destroys those who came out of each city.

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JDG 20:42–46, engwebp
⁴²Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel to the way of the wilderness, but the battle followed hard after them; and those who came out of the cities destroyed them in the middle of it.
⁴³They surrounded the Benjamites, chased them, and trod them down at their resting place, as far as near Gibeah toward the sunrise.
⁴⁴Eighteen thousand men of Benjamin fell; all these were men of valor.
⁴⁵They turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon. They gleaned five thousand men of them in the highways, and followed hard after them to Gidom, and struck two thousand men of them.
⁴⁶So that all who fell that day of Benjamin were twenty-five thousand men who drew the sword. All these were men of valor.
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Unresolved interpretation: Benjamin’s dead: twenty-five thousand one hundred at Judges 20:35 and twenty-five thousand at 20:46

Judges 20:35 says, “The LORD struck Benjamin before Israel; and the children of Israel destroyed of Benjamin that day twenty-five thousand one hundred men. All these drew the sword.” The Korean Revised Version also reads 이만 오천 일백.
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- JDG 20:29–35, engwebp
  ²⁹Israel set ambushes all around Gibeah.
  ³⁰The children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and set themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other times.
  ³¹The children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began to strike and kill of the people as at other times, in the highways, of which one goes up to Bethel and the other to Gibeah, in the field, about thirty men of Israel.
  ³²The children of Benjamin said, “They are struck down before us, as at the first.” But the children of Israel said, “Let’s flee, and draw them away from the city to the highways.”
  ³³All the men of Israel rose up out of their place and set themselves in array at Baal Tamar. Then the ambushers of Israel broke out of their place, even out of Maareh Geba.
  ³⁴Ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel came over against Gibeah, and the battle was severe; but they didn’t know that disaster was close to them.
  ³⁵The LORD struck Benjamin before Israel; and the children of Israel destroyed of Benjamin that day twenty-five thousand one hundred men. All these drew the sword.
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Judges 20:44–45 says that eighteen thousand men of Benjamin fell, that five thousand men of them were gleaned in the highways, and that at Gidom two thousand men of them were struck; 20:46 says, “So that all who fell that day of Benjamin were twenty-five thousand men who drew the sword. All these were men of valor.” The Korean Revised Version also reads 이만 오천.
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- JDG 20:42–46, engwebp
  ⁴²Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel to the way of the wilderness, but the battle followed hard after them; and those who came out of the cities destroyed them in the middle of it.
  ⁴³They surrounded the Benjamites, chased them, and trod them down at their resting place, as far as near Gibeah toward the sunrise.
  ⁴⁴Eighteen thousand men of Benjamin fell; all these were men of valor.
  ⁴⁵They turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon. They gleaned five thousand men of them in the highways, and followed hard after them to Gidom, and struck two thousand men of them.
  ⁴⁶So that all who fell that day of Benjamin were twenty-five thousand men who drew the sword. All these were men of valor.
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Judges 20:35 counts the men of Benjamin whom the children of Israel destroyed that day as twenty-five thousand one hundred; 20:44–45 gives eighteen thousand, five thousand and two thousand; and 20:46 counts all who fell that day of Benjamin, men who drew the sword, as twenty-five thousand. The two editions give the same numbers. This collection records each verse’s number as that verse gives it, and neither reconciles the numbers nor decides between them.

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Benjamin flees toward the wilderness, is chased as far as Gidom, and twenty-five thousand men of Benjamin fall that day — Narrated location — Gibeah

Evidence: Judges 20:42–46
Benjamin flees toward the wilderness, is chased as far as Gidom, and twenty-five thousand men of Benjamin fall that day — Narrated location — Rock of Rimmon

Evidence: Judges 20:42–46
Benjamin flees toward the wilderness, is chased as far as Gidom, and twenty-five thousand men of Benjamin fall that day — Narrated location — Gidom

Evidence: Judges 20:42–46

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Entry: Benjamin flees toward the wilderness, is chased as far as Gidom, and twenty-five thousand men of Benjamin fall that day (event-jdg-20-benjamin-flees-toward-the-wilderness)
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Current wording: Judges 20:42–46: therefore the men of Benjamin turn their backs before the men of Israel to the way of the wilderness, but the battle follows hard after them; and those who came out of the cities destroy them in the middle of it. They surround the Benjamites, chase them, and tread them down at their resting place, as far as near Gibeah toward the sunrise. Eighteen thousand men of Benjamin fall; all these are men of valor. They turn and flee toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon. The men of Israel glean five thousand men of them in the highways, and follow hard after them to Gidom, and strike two thousand men of them. So all who fall that day of Benjamin are twenty-five thousand men who drew the sword; all these are men of valor. At the end of 20:42 the Korean Revised Version reads 군사가 급히 추격하며 각 성읍에서 나온 자를 그 가운데서 진멸하니라: the army, following hard, destroys those who came out of each city.
Cited evidence: JDG 20:42–46, engwebp
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