Judges 20:24
New International Version
Then the Israelites drew near to Benjamin the second day.

New Living Translation
So the next day they went out again to fight against the men of Benjamin,

English Standard Version
So the people of Israel came near against the people of Benjamin the second day.

Berean Standard Bible
On the second day the Israelites advanced against the Benjamites.

King James Bible
And the children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin the second day.

New King James Version
So the children of Israel approached the children of Benjamin on the second day.

New American Standard Bible
So the sons of Israel came against the sons of Benjamin on the second day.

NASB 1995
Then the sons of Israel came against the sons of Benjamin the second day.

NASB 1977
Then the sons of Israel came against the sons of Benjamin the second day.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then the sons of Israel drew near to the sons of Benjamin the second day.

Amplified Bible
So the sons of Israel came against the sons of Benjamin the second day.

Christian Standard Bible
On the second day the Israelites advanced against the Benjaminites.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
On the second day the Israelites advanced against the Benjaminites.

American Standard Version
And the children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin the second day.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And the sons of Israel approached with the sons of Benjamin the next day

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And the children of Israel advanced against the children of Benjamin on the second day.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when the children of Israel went out the next day to fight against the children of Benjamin,

English Revised Version
And the children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin the second day.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
On the second day the Israelite troops advanced against Benjamin.

Good News Translation
They marched against the army of Benjamin a second time.

International Standard Version
So the Israelis attacked the descendants of Benjamin for a second day,

JPS Tanakh 1917
And the children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin the second day.

Literal Standard Version
And the sons of Israel draw near to the sons of Benjamin on the second day,

Majority Standard Bible
On the second day the Israelites advanced against the Benjamites.

New American Bible
When the Israelites drew near to the Benjaminites on the second day,

NET Bible
So the Israelites marched toward the Benjaminites the next day.

New Revised Standard Version
So the Israelites advanced against the Benjaminites the second day.

New Heart English Bible
The children of Israel came near against the people of Benjamin the second day.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin the second day.

World English Bible
The children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin the second day.

Young's Literal Translation
And the sons of Israel draw near unto the sons of Benjamin on the second day,

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Context
Civil War Against Benjamin
23They went up and wept before the LORD until evening, inquiring of Him, “Should we again draw near for battle against our brothers the Benjamites?” And the LORD answered, “Go up against them.” 24On the second day the Israelites advanced against the Benjamites. 25That same day the Benjamites came out against them from Gibeah and cut down another 18,000 Israelites, all of them armed with swords.…

Cross References
Judges 20:23
They went up and wept before the LORD until evening, inquiring of Him, "Should we again draw near for battle against our brothers the Benjamites?" And the LORD answered, "Go up against them."

Judges 20:25
That same day the Benjamites came out against them from Gibeah and cut down another 18,000 Israelites, all of them armed with swords.


Treasury of Scripture

And the children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin the second day.

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Judges 20
1. The Levite in a general assembly declared his wrong
8. The decree of the assembly
12. The Benjamites, being cited, make head against the Israelites
18. The Israelites in two battles lose forty thousand
26. They destroy by a plan all the Benjamites, except six hundred.














(24) The second day.--This does not mean the day after the first battle. One full day at least--the day of supplication--must have intervened between the two battles.

Verse 24. - And, or so, repeating what had been said in ver. 22, but giving it this time as the result of God's answer recorded in ver. 23. The second day. Not necessarily, or probably, the next day, but the day of the second battle.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
On the second
הַשֵּׁנִֽי׃ (haš·šê·nî)
Article | Number - ordinal masculine singular
Strong's 8145: Second (an ordinal number)

day
בַּיּ֥וֹם (bay·yō·wm)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3117: A day

the Israelites
בְנֵֽי־ (ḇə·nê-)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1121: A son

advanced
וַיִּקְרְב֧וּ (way·yiq·rə·ḇū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 7126: To come near, approach

against
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

the Benjamites.
בְּנֵ֥י (bə·nê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1121: A son


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