Judges 20:16

Then, keeping the text of this v.as it stands, we are told that the Benjamite host included a company of 700 left-handed and exceptionally skilful warriors, just as David's army was strengthened by a similar band, 1 Chronicles 12:2. Josephus understood the narrative in this way, Ant.Judges 20:2; Judges 20:10. The alternative is to omit the first half of this verse, and make the 700 chosen men refer to the inhabitants of Gibeah, and every one(rather, all thisarmy) could sling … and not missrefer to the entire host. But this does not seem natural, and to cut out left-handedas merely borrowed from Judges 3:15 is to remove a feature which has the appearance of originality.