The men of Israel, besides Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men who drew sword: all these were men of war.
"Alone a left-handed person was considered handicapped [e.g., Ehud] and in a contingent of right-handed troops an actual liability, but if enough left-handed men could be assembled to make up an entire contingent, a disadvantage could be transformed into a distinct advantage, physically and psychologically." [Note: Ibid., p. 557.] 