Judges 20:44
44 Eighteen thousand Benjamites fell, all of them valiant fighters.
Other Translations of Judges 20:44
King James Version
44 And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these were men of valour.
English Standard Version
44 Eighteen thousand men of Benjamin fell, all of them men of valor.
The Message
44 Eighteen divisions of Benjaminites were wiped out, all their best fighters.
New King James Version
44 And eighteen thousand men of Benjamin fell; all these were men of valor.
New Living Translation
44 That day 18,000 of Benjamin's strongest warriors died in battle.
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Matthew Henry's Commentary on Judges 20:44
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The tribe of Benjamin nearly extirpated.
The Israelites' abhorrence of the crime committed at Gibeah, and their resolution to punish the criminals, were right; but they formed their resolves with too much haste and self-confidence. The eternal ruin of souls will be worse, and more fearful, than these desolations of a tribe.