Judges 20:27
Strong's Lexicon
Then the Israelites
בְנֵֽי־ (ḇə·nê-)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1121: 1) son, grandson, child, member of a group 1a) son, male child 1b) grandson 1c) children (pl. - male and female) 1d) youth, young men (pl.) 1e) young (of animals) 1f) sons (as characterisation, i.e. sons of injustice [for un- righteous men] or sons of God [for angels] 1g) people (of a nation) (pl.) 1h) of lifeless things, i.e. sparks, stars, arrows (fig.) 1i) a member of a guild, order, class

יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3478: Israel = 'God prevails' 1) the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel 2) the name of the descendants and the nation of the descendants of Jacob 2a) the name of the nation until the death of Solomon and the split 2b) the name used and given to the northern kingdom consisting of the 10 tribes under Jeroboam; the southern kingdom was known as Judah 2c) the name of the nation after the return from exile

inquired
וַיִּשְׁאֲל֥וּ (way·yiš·’ă·lū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7592: 1) to ask, enquire, borrow, beg 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to ask, ask for 1a2) to ask (as a favour), borrow 1a3) to enquire, enquire of 1a4) to enquire of, consult (of deity, oracle) 1a5) to seek 1b) (Niphal) to ask for oneself, ask leave of absence 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to enquire, enquire carefully 1c2) to beg, practise beggary 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to be given on request 1d2) to grant, make over to, let (one) ask (successfully) or give or lend on request (then) grant or make over to

of the LORD.
בַּֽיהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: Jehovah = 'the existing One' 1) the proper name of the one true God 1a) unpronounced except with the vowel pointings of H0136

( In those
הָהֵֽם׃ (hā·hêm)
Article | Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1992: 1) they, these, the same, who

days,
בַּיָּמִ֖ים (bay·yā·mîm)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3117: 1) day, time, year 1a) day (as opposed to night) 1b) day (24 hour period) 1b1) as defined by evening and morning in Genesis 1 1b2) as a division of time 1b2a) a working day, a day's journey 1c) days, lifetime (pl.) 1d) time, period (general) 1e) year 1f) temporal references 1f1) today 1f2) yesterday 1f3) tomorrow

the ark
אֲרוֹן֙ (’ă·rō·wn)
Noun - common singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 727: 1) chest, ark 1a) money chest 1b) Ark of the Covenant 2)(TWOT) coffin

of the covenant
בְּרִ֣ית (bə·rîṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1285: 1) covenant, alliance, pledge 1a) between men 1a1) treaty, alliance, league (man to man) 1a2) constitution, ordinance (monarch to subjects) 1a3) agreement, pledge (man to man) 1a4) alliance (of friendship) 1a5) alliance (of marriage) 1b) between God and man 1b1) alliance (of friendship) 1b2) covenant (divine ordinance with signs or pledges) 2) (phrases) 2a) covenant making 2b) covenant keeping 2c) covenant violation

of God
הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים (hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 430: 1) (plural) 1a) rulers, judges 1b) divine ones 1c) angels 1d) gods 2) (plural intensive-singular meaning) 2a) god, goddess 2b) godlike one 2c) works or special possessions of God 2d) the (true) God 2e) God

was there,
וְשָׁ֗ם (wə·šām)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 8033: 1) there, thither 1a) there 1b) thither (after verbs of motion) 1c) from there, thence 1d) then (as an adverb of time)

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
And the Israelites inquired of the LORD. (In those days the ark of the covenant of God was there,

Young's Literal Translation
And the sons of Israel ask of Jehovah,—and there [is] the ark of the covenant of God in those days,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then the Israelites inquired of the LORD . In those days, the ark of the covenant of God was there,

New American Standard Bible
The sons of Israel inquired of the LORD (for the ark of the covenant of God [was] there in those days,

King James Bible
And the children of Israel enquired of the LORD, (for the ark of the covenant of God [was] there in those days,
Parallel Verses
New International Version
And the Israelites inquired of the LORD. (In those days the ark of the covenant of God was there,

New Living Translation
The Israelites went up seeking direction from the LORD. (In those days the Ark of the Covenant of God was in Bethel,

English Standard Version
And the people of Israel inquired of the LORD (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,

New American Standard Bible
The sons of Israel inquired of the LORD (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then the Israelites inquired of the LORD. In those days, the ark of the covenant of God was there,

International Standard Version
The Israelis inquired of the LORD, since the Ark of the Covenant was there at that time

NET Bible
The Israelites asked the LORD (for the ark of God's covenant was there in those days;

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

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

Young's Literal Translation
And the sons of Israel ask of Jehovah, -- and there is the ark of the covenant of God in those days,
















Cross References
Judges 20:18
And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God, and asked counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the LORD said, Judah shall go up first.

Judges 20:28
And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days,) saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease? And the LORD said, Go up; for to morrow I will deliver them into thine hand.

Judges 1:1
Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel asked the LORD, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first, to fight against them?

Judges 20:26
Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came unto the house of God, and wept, and sat there before the LORD, and fasted that day until even, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.

Judges 20:25
And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day, and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again eighteen thousand men; all these drew the sword.

Judges 20:24
And the children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin the second day.

Judges 20:29
And Israel set liers in wait round about Gibeah.

Judges 20:30
And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and put themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other times.
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