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Judges 20:21
And the children of Benjamin coming out of Gabaa slew of the children of Israel that day two and twenty thousand men.
Judges 20:21 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
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Judges 20:21 in other translations
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.
And the Benjamites came out of Gibeah and cut down 22,000 Israelites on the battlefield that day.
The children of Benjamin came out of Gibeah, and on that day destroyed twenty-two thousand of the Israelite men down to the ground.
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In context
18 And they arose and came to the house of God, that is, to Silo: and they consulted God, and said: Who shall be in our army the first to go to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the Lord answered them: Let Juda be your leader.
19 And forthwith the children of Israel rising in the morning, camped by Gabaa:
20 And going out from thence to fight against Benjamin, began to assault the city.
21 And the children of Benjamin coming out of Gabaa slew of the children of Israel that day two and twenty thousand men.
22 Again Israel, trusting in their strength and their number, set their army in array in the same place, where they had fought before:
23 Yet so that they first went up and wept before the Lord until night: and consulted him and said: Shall I go out any more to fight against the children of Benjamin my brethren or not? And he answered them: Go up against them, and join battle.
24 And when the children of Israel went out the next day to fight against the children of Benjamin,
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