The children of Benjamin were numbered on that day out of the cities twenty-six thousand men who drew the sword, besides the inhabitants of Gibeah, who were numbered seven hundred chosen men.
The Israelites went to Bethel to inquire for God’s strategy in their battle (Judges 20:18). In Judges 1:1 they inquired of Yahweh, but here they inquired of Elohim, the generic name for God. In Judges 1:1 the Lord directed Judah to go up against the Canaanites, but here He told Judah to go up against the Benjamites. These details are still more evidence of Israel’s departure from the Lord.