King James Version (KJV)
They chose new gods; then {was} war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
Modern English
They chose new gods. Then war was in the gates. Was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
Hebrew
יִבְחַר֙ אֱלֹהִ֣ים חֲדָשִׁ֔ים אָ֖ז לָחֶ֣ם שְׁעָרִ֑ים מָגֵ֤ן אִם־יֵֽרָאֶה֙ וָרֹ֔מַח בְּאַרְבָּעִ֥ים אֶ֖לֶף בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
yibḥar ʾelohiym ḥadashiym ʾaz laḥem shʿariym magen ʾim-yeraʾeh varomaḥ bʾarbaʿiym ʾelef byishraʾel