Judges 20:25

25 Binyamin went forth against them out of Gevah the second day, and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Yisra'el again eighteen thousand men; all these drew the sword.

Judges 20:25 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 20:25

And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second
day
Flushed with the victory they had obtained the day before:

and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again
eighteen thousand men, all these drew the sword,
were armed men; this, with the 22,000 slain the day preceding, made 40,000; the same number singled out from among them by lot to provide food for them, and is thought by some to be the case Deborah refers to, ( Judges 5:8 ) and is what is certainly intended in ( Hosea 10:9 ) .

Judges 20:25 In-Context

23 The children of Yisra'el went up and wept before the LORD until even; and they asked of the LORD, saying, Shall I again draw near to battle against the children of Binyamin my brother? the LORD said, Go up against him.

24 The children of Yisra'el came near against the children of Binyamin the second day.

25 Binyamin went forth against them out of Gevah the second day, and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Yisra'el again eighteen thousand men; all these drew the sword.

26 Then all the children of Yisra'el, and all the people, went up, and came to Beit-El, and wept, and sat there before the LORD, and fasted that day until even; and they offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings before the LORD.

27 The children of Yisra'el asked of the LORD (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,