KJV ORIGINAL
And the children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out of the cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, beside the inhabitants of Gibeah, which were numbered seven hundred chosen men.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
At that time, the tribe of Benjamin counted 26,000 sword-carrying warriors from their cities, plus 700 specially chosen fighting men from the town of Gibeah.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse is counting the total number of Benjamin's warriors (26,700 men) who were preparing for battle against the other tribes of Israel.
📚 Historical Context
This occurs during a civil war in Israel after a horrific crime in Gibeah where a woman was brutally murdered. The other eleven tribes demanded that Benjamin hand over the criminals, but Benjamin refused and instead chose to protect the guilty men. This verse shows Benjamin mustering their forces to fight against the rest of Israel.
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