Judges 20:22

But the Israelite army took courage and again took their battle positions in the same place where they had arrayed themselves on the first day.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The narrator describes the Israelite army immediately after the first day’s engagement, following the Benjamites’ withdrawal from Gibeah.

The words — The text highlights וַ/יִּתְחַזֵּ֥ק (va/i.yit.cha.Zek), meaning it showed itself strong, and לַ/עֲרֹ֣ךְ (la./'a.Rokh), meaning to deploy or array for battle.

The thread — The narrative of Israelite mobilization against Benjamin extends backward to the musters recorded in Judges 20:15 and Judges 20:17.

Why it lands — The verse records a factual regrouping after heavy casualties, leaving the moral or spiritual application to the immediate context of prayer and divine inquiry.

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The Hebrew words

וַיִּתְחַזֵּ֥קva/i.yit.cha.Zekand/ it showed itself strong הָעָ֖םha./'Amthe/ people אִ֣ישׁ'ish[the] man of יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElIsrael וַיֹּסִ֙פוּ֙va/i.yo.Si.fuand/ they repeated לַעֲרֹ֣ךְla./'a.Rokhto/ deploy מִלְחָמָ֔הmil.cha.Mahbattle בַּמָּק֕וֹםba./ma.Komin the/ place אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-where עָ֥רְכוּ'A.re.khuthey had deployed שָׁ֖םshamthere בַּיּ֥וֹםba/i.Yomon the/ day הָרִאשֽׁוֹן׃ha./ri.Shon<the>/ first

King James Version

And the people the men of Israel encouraged themselves, and set their battle again in array in the place where they put themselves in array the first day.

Cross-references

Judges 20:15 On that day the Benjamites mobilized 26,000 swordsmen from their cities, in addition to the 700 select men of Gibeah.
Judges 20:17 The Israelites, apart from Benjamin, mobilized 400,000 swordsmen, each one an experienced warrior.
1 Samuel 30:6 And David was greatly distressed because the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of every man grieved for his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the LORD his God.
2 Samuel 11:25 Then David told the messenger, “Say this to Joab: ‘Do not let this matter upset you, for the sword devours one as well as another. Strengthen your attack against the city and demolish it.’ Encourage him with these words.”
Psalms 64:5 They hold fast to their evil purpose; they speak of hiding their snares. “Who will see them?” they say.