Judges 20:20-23

Expanded Bible

²⁰ The men of Israel went out to fight the Benjaminites and took their battle position at Gibeah. ²¹ Then the ·Benjaminites [^Lsons/descendants of Benjamin] came out of Gibeah and killed 22,000 Israelites during the battle that day. The ·Israelites [^Lsons/^Tchildren of Israel] went before the Lord and cried until evening. They asked the Lord, “Shall we go to fight ·our relatives, the Benjaminites [^Lthe sons of my brother Benjamin], again?”

The Lord answered, “Go up and fight them.” The men of Israel encouraged each other. So they took the same battle positions they had taken the first day.