- twenty:
- "And the childrenª of Benjaminª were numberedª° at that¹ timeª out of the citiesª¹ twentyª and sixª thousandª menª that drewª° sword,ª beside¹ the inhabitantsª°¹ of Gibeah,ª which were numberedª° sevenª hundredª chosen²°¹ men.ª" {Jdg 20:15} + "And there fellª° of Benjaminª¹ eighteenªª thousandª men;ª¹ all¹ these¹ [were] men²¹ of valour.ª ... So that all¹ which fellª° that¹ dayª of Benjaminª¹ were¹ twentyª and fiveª thousandª menª that drewª° the sword;ª¹ all¹ these¹ [were] men²¹ of valour.ª" {Jdg 20:44-46} + "That¹ the triumphingª of the wickedª [is] short,ª¹ and the joyª of the hypocriteª [but] for¹ a moment?ª" {Job 20:5}; Though the numbers of the Israelites were immensely superior to those of Benjamin, though the stratagem was well laid and ingeniously executed, and the battle bravely fought, yet the inspired historian ascribes the victory to the hand of the Lord, as entirely as if he had smitten the Benjamites by a miracle.
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