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Judges

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45

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The rest turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, but they caught 5,000 of them on the highways and overtook them at Gidom and killed 2,000 of them.

Lexicon

Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Hebrew: Transliteration:
The rest turned to turn Verb H6437 וַיִּפְנ֞וּ vai·yif·nu
and fled to flee, escape Verb H5127 וַיָּנֻ֤סוּ vai·ya·nu·su
toward the wilderness wilderness Noun H4057 הַמִּדְבָּ֙רָה֙ ham·mid·ba·rah
to the rock a crag, cliff Noun H5553 סֶ֣לַע se·la
of Rimmon, the name of several places in Isr. Noun H7417 הָֽרִמֹּ֔ון ha·rim·mo·vn,
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but they caught to glean Verb H5953 וַיְעֹֽלְלֻ֙הוּ֙ vay·'o·le·lu·hu
5,000 five Noun H2568 חֲמֵ֥שֶׁת cha·me·shet
of them on the highways a highway Noun H4546 בַּֽמְסִלֹּ֔ות bam·sil·lo·vt,
and overtook to cling, cleave, keep close Verb H1692 וַיַּדְבִּ֤יקוּ vai·yad·bi·ku
them at Gidom a place in Benjamin Noun H1440 גִּדְעֹ֔ם gid·'om,
and killed to smite Verb H5221 וַיַּכּ֥וּ vai·yak·ku
2,000 a thousand Noun H505 אַלְפַּ֥יִם al·pa·yim
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Locations

Gidom (Rimmon)

GIDOMgi'-dom (gidh`om): The limit eastward, from Gibeah toward the wilderness, of the pursuit of Benjamin by Israel (Judges 20:45). No name suggesting this has yet been recovered. It is not mentioned elsewhere.

Rimmon

RIMMON (1)rim'-on:(1) The rock Rimmon (cela` rimmon; he petra Rhemmon): The place of refuge of the 600 surviving Benjamites of Gibeah (Jeba`) who "turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon, and abode in the rock of Rimmon four months" (Judges 20:45, 47; Judges 21:13). Robinson's identification (RB, I, 440) has been very generally accepted... View Details

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New American Standard Bible 1995 The rest turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, but they caught 5,000 of them on the highways and overtook them at Gidom and killed 2,000 of them.
King James Bible The rest And they turned and fled toward the wilderness to unto the rock of Rimmon, but Rimmon: and they caught 5,000 gleaned of them on in the highways five thousand men; and overtook pursued hard after them at Gidom unto Gidom, and killed 2,000 slew two thousand men of them.
Hebrew Greek English The rest turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, but they caught 5,000 of them on the highways and overtook them at Gidom and killed 2,000 of them.