Judges

Well the Israelites are having conflict with the Benjaminites and they are at war with each other.
In only one day the Benjaminites got 26,000 soldiers together who were trained with swords. They also had 700 chosen men from Gibeah. Seven hundred of these trained soldiers were left-handed, each of whom could sling a stone at a hair and not miss!
The Israelites, except for the Benjaminites, gathered 400,000 soldiers with swords. So it is already lopsided God is on the Israelites side.
The Israelites went up to the city of Bethel and asked God, "Which tribe shall be first to attack the Benjaminites?" The Lord answered, "Judah shall go first." Well Israel is starting off strong, they asked God what to do first instead of going by their own war tactics. And now test number 1 may begin.
The next morning the Israelites got up and made a camp near Gibeah. The men of Israel went out to fight the Benjaminites and took their battle position at Gibeah. Then the Benjaminites came out of Gibeah and killed 22,000 Israelites during the battle that day. The Israelites went before the Lord and cried until evening. They asked the Lord, "Shall we go to fight our relatives, the Benjaminites, again?" And the Lord answered "yes go and fight" Well God never said He would deliver them and He never said anything would happen that would be profitable to the Israelites but they obeyed.
The Lord answered, "Go up and fight them." The men of Israel encouraged each other. So they took the same battle positions they had taken the first day. Well the Israelites have done everything right so far, they are encouraging each other and they even took the same battle position that they did the day before. But something happens again.
The Israelites came to fight the Benjaminites the second day. The Benjaminites came out of Gibeah to attack the Israelites. This time, the Benjaminites killed 18,000 Israelites, all of whom carried swords.
Then the Israelites went up to Bethel. There they sat down and cried to the Lord and fasted all day until evening. They also brought burnt offerings and fellowship offerings to the Lord. The Israelites asked the Lord a question. They asked, "Shall we go to fight our relatives, the Benjaminites, again, or shall we stop fighting?" They did not quit on God they continued to fight and ask God for wisdom and finally...
The Lord answered, "Go, because tomorrow I will hand them over to you." Now the joy that the Israelites felt would be overwhelming, to have lost the battle twice and then for God to say That they would win, wow!
All the Israelites moved from their places and got into battle positions at a place named Baal Tamar. Then the Israelites ran out from their hiding places west of Gibeah. Ten thousand of the best trained soldiers from all of Israel attacked Gibeah. The battle was very hard. The Benjaminites did not know disaster was about to come to them. The Lord used the Israelites to defeat the Benjaminites. On that day the Israelites killed 25,100 Benjaminites, all armed with swords. Then the Benjaminites saw that they were defeated. Well when you go to God with your troubles and keep going to God for wisdom then you will eventually win your battles. And it shows in this chapter.