But six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness unto the rock Rimmon, and abode in the rock Rimmon four months.
Parallel translations
- WEB But six hundred men turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, and stayed in the rock of Rimmon four months.
- BSB But 600 men turned and fled into the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, where they stayed four months.
- NKJV But six hundred men turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, and they stayed at the rock of Rimmon for four months.
- NASB But six hundred men turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon; and they remained at the rock of Rimmon for four months.
- NLT leaving only 600 men who escaped to the rock of Rimmon, where they lived for four months.
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Six hundred Benjamite men escaped to the rock of Rimmon and stayed there four months.
Overview
This tiny remnant of 600 became the means by which the tribe of Benjamin would survive. Their refuge in the wilderness for four months sets up the reconciliation and provision of wives in chapter 21. God preserves a remnant even amid judgment, ensuring his covenant promises to the twelve tribes endure, the tribe from which King Saul and the apostle Paul would later come.
Cross-references & the web
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- Jer 14:7O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy name’s sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.
- Judg 21:13And the whole congregation sent some to speak to the children of Benjamin that were in the rock Rimmon, and to call peaceably unto them.
- Isa 1:9Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.
- Ps 103:9–10He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever.
- Hab 3:2O LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy.
- Lam 3:32But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.
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