KJV ORIGINAL
Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded; every one could sling stones at an hair breadth, and not miss.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
Among all these people were seven hundred specially chosen left-handed men. Each one could use a sling to hit a target as small as a hair's width and never miss.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse describes how the tribe of Benjamin had seven hundred elite left-handed warriors who were incredibly skilled with slingshots, able to hit tiny targets with perfect accuracy.
📚 Historical Context
This verse comes during the civil war between the tribe of Benjamin and the other eleven tribes of Israel. The Benjamites were vastly outnumbered but had these elite warriors among their forces. Left-handed fighters had a tactical advantage in ancient warfare because most people were trained to fight right-handed opponents.
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