Judges 20:22
New Revised Standard Version
The Israelites went up and wept before the LORD until the evening; and they inquired of the LORD, “Shall we again draw near to battle against our kinsfolk the Benjaminites?” And the LORD said, “Go up against them.”

New American Bible
But the army of the men of Israel took courage and again drew up for battle in the place where they had drawn up on the previous day.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Again Israel, trusting in their strength and their number, set their army in array in the same place, where they had fought before:

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Again Israel, trusting in their strength and their number, set their army in array in the same place, where they had fought before:

encouraged

Judges 20:15,17 And there were found of Benjamin five and twenty thousand men that drew the sword, besides the inhabitants of Gabaa, . . .

1 Samuel 30:6 And David was greatly afflicted: for the people had a mind to stone him, for the soul of every man was bitterly grieved for his sons and daughters: but David took courage in the Lord his God.

2 Samuel 11:25 And David said to the messenger: Thus shalt thou say to Joab: Let not this thing discourage thee: for various is the event of war: and sometimes one, sometimes another is consumed by the sword: encourage thy warriors against the city, and exhort them that thou mayest overthrow it.

Psalm 64:5 They will shoot at him on a sudden, and will not fear: they are resolute in wickedness. They have talked of hiding snares; they have said: Who shall see them?

Context
Civil War Against Benjamin
21And the children of Benjamin coming out of Gabaa slew of the children of Israel that day two and twenty thousand men. 22Again Israel, trusting in their strength and their number, set their army in array in the same place, where they had fought before:23Yet so that they first went up and wept before the Lord until night: and consulted him and said: Shall I go out any more to fight against the children of Benjamin my brethren or not? And he answered them: Go up against them, and join battle.…
Cross References
Judges 20:21
And the children of Benjamin coming out of Gabaa slew of the children of Israel that day two and twenty thousand men.

Judges 20:23
Yet so that they first went up and wept before the Lord until night: and consulted him and said: Shall I go out any more to fight against the children of Benjamin my brethren or not? And he answered them: Go up against them, and join battle.

Judges 20:21
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