¹⁵ 26,000 soldiers came to Gibeah with their weapons, ready to fight. There were also 700 brave soldiers already in Gibeah. ¹⁶ In Benjamin's army there were 700 men who used their left hands to fight. Each of them could use a sling to throw a stone at a very small thing. They could even hit a hair!

¹⁷ The other Israelite tribes, without Benjamin, had an army of 400,000 soldiers who knew how to use their weapons.