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The leaders[a] of all the people from all the tribes of Israel took their places in the assembly of God’s people, which numbered[b] 400,000 sword-wielding foot soldiers.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 20:2 tn Heb “the cornerstones”; or “the supports.” The word is used of leaders in only three other texts—1 Sam 14:38; Isa 19:13; Zech 10:4.
  2. Judges 20:2 tn The words “which numbered” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

The leaders of all the people of the tribes of Israel took their places in the assembly of God’s people, four hundred thousand men(A) armed with swords.

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