The repetition of the number 700 here, after its appearance in the previous verse, could be seen as puzzling. But those in view are not the same as the 700 in Judges 20:15. Those mentioned earlier are from Gibeah alone; here, the 700 are from all these,
that is, the entire Benjaminite military force?1
16 Among all these were 700 chosen men who were left-handed; every one could sling a stone at a hair and not miss.