Judges 20:45
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And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon: and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men; and pursued hard after them unto Gidom, and slew two thousand men of them.Then the Benjamites turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, and Israel cut down 5,000 men on the roads. And they overtook them at Gidom and struck down 2,000 more.
In other translations
And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon: and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men; and pursued hard after them unto Gidom, and slew two thousand men of them.Then the Benjamites turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, and Israel cut down 5,000 men on the roads. And they overtook them at Gidom and struck down 2,000 more.
Hebrew words
וַיִּפְנוּvaiyifnuand they turnedH6437וַיָּנֻסוּvaiyanusuand they fledH5127הַמִּדְבָּרָהhamidbarahthe wilderness towardsH4057אֶל־'el-toH413סֶלַעsela'[the] rock ofH5553הָרִמּוֹןharimon<the> RimmonH7417וַיְעֹלְלֻהוּvay'oleluhuand they gleaned himH5953בַּמְסִלּוֹתbamsilotin the highwaysH4546חֲמֵשֶׁתchameshetfiveH2568אֲלָפִים'alafimthousand<s>H505אִישׁ'ishmanH376וַיַּדְבִּיקוּvaiyadbikuand they pursued closelyH1692אַחֲרָיו'acharavafter himH310עַד־'ad-toH5704גִּדְעֹםgid'omGidomH1440וַיַּכּוּvaiyakuand they struck downH5221מִמֶּנּוּmimenuof himH4480אַלְפַּיִם'alpayimtwo thousandH505אִישׁ׃'ishmanH376
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Joshua 15:32And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities are twenty and nine, with their villages:Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon—twenty-nine cities in all, along with their villages.
- Judges 21:13And the whole congregation sent some to speak to the children of Benjamin that were in the rock Rimmon, and to call peaceably unto them.Then the whole congregation sent a message of peace to the Benjamites who were at the rock of Rimmon.
- 1 Chronicles 6:77Unto the rest of the children of Merari were given out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmon with her suburbs, Tabor with her suburbs:The Merarites (the rest of the Levites) received the following: From the tribe of Zebulun they were given Rimmono and Tabor, together with their pasturelands.
- Zechariah 14:10All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from Benjamin’s gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananeel unto the king’s winepresses.All the land from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem will be turned into a plain, but Jerusalem will be raised up and will remain in her place, from the Benjamin Gate to the site of the First Gate to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the royal winepresses.
Cross-references from OpenBible.info, most-voted first.
People and places
Places: Gidom, Rimmon (Judges 20)