Judges 20:18

20:18 The Israelites went up to Bethel ¹  and asked God, ²  “Who should lead the charge against the Benjaminites?” ³  The Lord said, “Judah should lead.”

Judges 20:26

20:26 So all the Israelites, the whole army, ⁴  went up to ⁵  Bethel. ⁶  They wept and sat there before the Lord; they did not eat anything ⁷  that day until evening. They offered up burnt sacrifices and tokens of peace ⁸  to the Lord.

Judges 20:31

20:31 The Benjaminites attacked ⁹  the army, leaving the city unguarded. ¹⁰  They began to strike down their enemy ¹¹  just as they had done before. On the main roads (one leads to Bethel, ¹²  the other to Gibeah) and in the field, they struck down ¹³  about thirty Israelites.

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¹ map For location see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.

² tn Heb “They arose and went up to Bethel and asked God, and the Israelites said.”

³ tn Heb “Who should go up for us first for battle against the sons of Benjamin?”

⁴ tn Heb “and all the people.”

⁵ tn Heb “went up and came [to].”

⁶ map For location see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.

⁷ tn Traditionally, “fasted.”

⁸ tn Or “peace offerings.”

⁹ tn Heb “went out to meet.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “and they were drawn away from the city.”

¹¹ tn Heb “from the army wounded ones.”

¹² map For location see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.

¹³ tn The words “they struck down” are supplied in the translation for clarification.