JUDGES 20:17 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 1
“And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war.”
The count of Israel's assembled warriors emphasizes the overwhelming numerical superiority brought against Benjamin, creating dramatic tension between their apparent military advantage and their initial defeats. The text establishes the factual disparity, making subsequent reversals of fortune all the more striking and interpretable as divine intervention. This verse establishes the material conditions against which God's sovereignty will be demonstrated through the fluctuating outcomes of battle.
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