1. Judges 20:21 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

What is the narrator silent about?

Judges 20:21 (ESV)

21 The people of Benjamin came out of Gibeah and destroyed on that day 22,000 men of the Israelites.

Somewhat curiously, the narrator is silent about Benjamite casualties, or how the Benjamites achieved the remarkable victory.1

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