And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war.

Of the men of Israel also, beside the children of Benjamin, were found four hundred thousand that drew swords, and were prepared to fight.

And the men of Israel, apart from Benjamin, mustered four hundred thousand men that drew sword; all these were men of war.

And the men of Israel numbered themselves, apart from Benjamin, four hundred thousand men, drawing sword, each of these a man of war.

And the men of Israel, other than Benjamin, were four hundred thousand in number, all armed with swords; they were all men of war.

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.

And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin,.... Who did not join them in this affair, but opposed them:
were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: see Judges 20:9.
all these were men of war; inured to it, skilful and courageous.

The forces of the other tribes amounted when numbered to 400,000 men. These numbers (26,000 Benjaminites and 400,000 Israelites) will not appear too great if we consider that the whole of the congregation of Israel took part in the war, with the simple exception of Jabesh in Gilead (Judges 21:8), and that in the time of Moses the twelve tribes numbered more than 600,000 men of twenty years old and upwards (Numbers 26), so that not much more than two-thirds of the whole of the fighting men went out to the war.

Men of Israel - Such as were here present, for it is probable they had a far greater number of men, being six hundred thousand before their entrance into Canaan.