17. Then too, among the men of Israel apart from the sons of Benjamin, there were found four hundred thousand who drew the sword and who were prepared for battle.
18. And they rose up and went to the house of God, that is, to Shiloh. And they consulted God, and they said, "Who shall be, in our army, the first to contend against the sons of Benjamin?" And the Lord responded to them, "Let Judah be your leader."
19. And immediately the sons of Israel, rising up in the morning, made camp near Gibeah.
20. And setting out from there to fight against Benjamin, they began to assault the city.
21. And the sons of Benjamin, departing from Gibeah, slew twenty-two thousand men from the sons of Israel, on that day.
22. Again the sons of Israel, trusting in both strength and number, set their troops in order, in the same place where they had contended before.