Judges 20:27
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And inquired of him concerning their state. At that time the ark of the covenant of the Lord was there,

enquired

Judges 20:18,23 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. . . .

Numbers 27:21 If any thing be to be done, Eleazar the priest shall consult the Lord for him. He and all the children of Israel with him, and the rest of the multitude shall go out and go in at his word.

the ark

Joshua 18:1 And all the children of Israel assembled together in Silo, and there they set up the tabernacle of the testimony, and the land was subdued before them.

1 Samuel 4:3,4 And the people returned to the camp: and the ancients of Israel said: Why hath the Lord defeated us to day before the Philistines? Let us fetch unto us the ark of the covenant of the Lord from Silo, and let it come in the midst of us, that it may save us from the hand of our enemies. . . .

Psalm 78:60,61 And he put away the tabernacle of Silo, his tabernacle where he dwelt among men. . . .

Jeremiah 7:12 Go ye to my place in Silo, where my name dwelt from the beginning: and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel:

Isaiah 59:1 Behold the hand of the Lord is not shortened that it cannot save, neither is his ear heavy that it cannot hear.

Context
Civil War Against Benjamin
26Wherefore all the children of Israel came to the house of God, and sat and wept before the Lord: and they fasted that day till the evening, and offered to him holocausts, and victims of peace offerings, 27And inquired of him concerning their state. At that time the ark of the covenant of the Lord was there,28And Phinees, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, was over the house. So they consulted the Lord, and said: Shall we go out any more to fight against the children of Benjamin, our brethren, or shall we cease? And the Lord said to them: Go up, for to morrow I will deliver them into your hands.…
Cross References
Judges 20:18
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.

Judges 20:28
And Phinees, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, was over the house. So they consulted the Lord, and said: Shall we go out any more to fight against the children of Benjamin, our brethren, or shall we cease? And the Lord said to them: Go up, for to morrow I will deliver them into your hands.

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

inquired
וַיִּשְׁאֲל֥וּ (way·yiš·’ă·lū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7592: To inquire, to request, to demand

of the LORD.
בַּֽיהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

(In those
הָהֵֽם׃ (hā·hêm)
Article | Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1992: They

days,
בַּיָּמִ֖ים (bay·yā·mîm)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day

the ark
אֲרוֹן֙ (’ă·rō·wn)
Noun - common singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 727: A chest, ark

of the covenant
בְּרִ֣ית (bə·rîṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1285: A covenant

of God
הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים (hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

was there,
וְשָׁ֗ם (wə·šām)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 8033: There, then, thither


Additional Translations
Then the Israelites inquired of the LORD. (In those days, the ark of the covenant of God was there,And the children of Israel inquired of the LORD, (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,

And the children of Israel asked of Jehovah (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,

for the ark of the Lord God was there in those days,

And the children of Israel inquired of Jehovah (and the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,

And the children of Israel asked of the LORD, (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,

And the children of Israel inquired of the LORD, (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,

The children of Israel asked of Yahweh (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,

And the sons of Israel ask of Jehovah, -- and there is the ark of the covenant of God in those days,
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