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Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded; every one could sling stones at an hair breadth, and not miss.
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And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war.
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And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God, and asked counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the LORD said, Judah shall go up first.
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And the children of Israel rose up in the morning, and encamped against Gibeah.
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And the men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin; and the men of Israel put themselves in array to fight against them at Gibeah.
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And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites that day twenty and two thousand men.
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And the people the men of Israel encouraged themselves, and set their battle again in array in the place where they put themselves in array the first day.
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(And the children of Israel went up and wept before the LORD until even, and asked counsel of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up again to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother? And the LORD said, Go up against him.)
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And the children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin the second day.
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And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day, and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again eighteen thousand men; all these drew the sword.
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Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came unto the house of God, and wept, and sat there before the LORD, and fasted that day until even, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.
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And the children of Israel enquired of the LORD, (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,
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And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days,) saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease? And the LORD said, Go up; for to morrow I will deliver them into thine hand.
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And Israel set liers in wait round about Gibeah.
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And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and put themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other times.
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And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began to smitea of the people, and kill, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goeth up to the house of God, and the other to Gibeah in the field, about thirty men of Israel.
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And the children of Benjamin said, They are smitten down before us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them from the city unto the highways.
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And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and put themselves in array at Baaltamar: and the liers in wait of Israel came forth out of their places, even out of the meadows of Gibeah.
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And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was sore: but they knew not that evil was near them.
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And the LORD smote Benjamin before Israel: and the children of Israel destroyed of the Benjamites that day twenty and five thousand and an hundred men: all these drew the sword.
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So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten: for the men of Israel gave place to the Benjamites, because they trusted unto the liers in wait which they had set beside Gibeah.
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And the liers in wait hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah; and the liers in wait drew themselves along,b and smote all the city with the edge of the sword.
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Now there was an appointed signc between the men of Israel and the liers in wait, that they should make a great flame with smoke rise up out of the city.
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And when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin began to smited and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons: for they said, Surely they are smitten down before us, as in the first battle.
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But when the flame began to arise up out of the city with a pillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them, and, behold, the flame of the city ascended up to heaven.
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And when the men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjamin were amazed: for they saw that evil was comee upon them.
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Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and them which came out of the cities they destroyed in the midst of them.
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Thus they inclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased them, and trode them down with easef over against Gibeah toward the sunrising.
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And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these were men of valour.
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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.
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So that all which fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and five thousand men that drew the sword; all these were men of valour.
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But six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness unto the rock Rimmon, and abode in the rock Rimmon four months.
Otras traducciones de Judges 20:16
La Biblia de las Américas (Español) BLA
Jueces 20:16
De toda esta gente, setecientos hombres escogidos eran zurdos; capaces cada uno de lanzar con la honda una piedra a un cabello sin errar.
English Standard Version ESV
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Among all these were 700 chosen men who were left-handed; every one could sling a stone at a hair and not miss.
La Biblia del Jubileo 2000 JBS
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De toda aquella gente había setecientos hombres escogidos, que eran cerrados de la mano derecha (zurdos), todos los cuales tiraban una piedra con la honda a un cabello sin errar. {Heb. sin pecar
New King James Version NKJV
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Among all this people were seven hundred select men who were left-handed; every one could sling a stone at a hair's breadth and not miss.
Nueva Traducción Viviente NTV
Jueces 20:16
Entre las tropas selectas de Benjamín había setecientos hombres zurdos, capaces de tirar una piedra con la honda y acertar en un cabello sin errar el blanco.
Nueva Versión Internacional NVI
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Entre todos ellos había setecientos soldados escogidos que eran zurdos, todos ellos capaces de lanzar con la honda una piedra contra un cabello, sin errar.
La Biblia Reina-Valera (Español) RVR
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De toda aquella gente había setecientos hombres escogidos, que eran ambidextros, todos los cuales tiraban una piedra con la honda á un cabello, y no erraban.
Sagradas Escrituras (1569) (Español) SEV
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De toda aquella gente había setecientos hombres escogidos, que eran cerrados de la mano derecha (zurdos ), todos los cuales tiraban una piedra con la honda a un cabello, y no erraban.
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