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Comparing the numbers here with those in Numbers 1; Numbers 26, it is
seen that in the case both of the Benjamites and the Israelites the
numbers are diminished by about one-third, i. e., they appear...
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CHAPTER 20 THE HORRIBLE WAR
_ 1. The Levite's story (Judges 20:1)_
2. The uprising (Judges 20:8)
3. The slaying of the Israelites (Judges 20:12)
4. Benjamin exterminated except six hundred men ...
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JUDGES 20. THE OUTRAGE AVENGED.The congregation (LXX Synagô gç) is a
post-exilic term. The words as one man suggest a unity of action such
as was not secured till long after the time of the Judges. Th...
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_Israel Defeated in Two Battles Judges 20:17-23_
17 And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were numbered four hundred
thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war.
18 And the children of I...
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_AND THE MEN OF ISRAEL, BESIDE BENJAMIN, WERE NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED
THOUSAND MEN THAT DREW SWORD: ALL THESE WERE MEN OF WAR._
No JFB commentary on this verse....
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THE SLAUGHTER OF THE BENJAMITES
The Levite recounts his wrongs to a full assemblage of the tribes, who
decree punishment upon Benjamin. Their first two attacks are
unsuccessful, but the third results...
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LIFE WITHOUT LAW
JUDGES
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 20
V1 Then all the *Israelites from Dan to Beersheba came to meet
together. They also came from the area called Gilead. They all met at
Mizpah, wher...
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וְ אִ֨ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל הִתְפָּֽקְד֗וּ
לְ בַד֙...
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Judges 20:1; Judges 21:1
FROM JUSTICE TO WILD REVENGE
Judges 19:1; Judges 20:1;...
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The action of the Levite served its purpose. The nation was stirred
momentarily to its center. A great moral passion flamed out.
Underneath all the degeneracy was a true stratum of religious
convictio...
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The other tribes called upon Benjamin to release to them the wicked
men that they might be put to death in accord with the law
(Deuteronomy 22:22). By refusing to release them, the rest of the
tribe o...
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_Thousand. Their numbers had decreased since they came out fo Egypt,
(Numbers i., and xxvi.) when they were 600,000 fighting men.
(Menochius) --- But we must reflect, that some would be left to
garris...
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The disposition of the army of Israel, and then asking counsel from
the Lord, is a sweet token for good. And, as the Lord appointed Judah
to lead, who doth not see shadowed out in this, the early toke...
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My object being no more than a sketch, as most of you know, I desire
to say but a few words on such of the Chapter s as bear a similar
character to that which has been already pointed out in the early...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 17 THROUGH 21.
The Chapter s that follow (17-21) are not comprised in the historical
order of this book. They lift the veil to disclose some incidents of
the...
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AND THE MEN OF ISRAEL, BESIDE BENJAMIN,.... Who did not join them in
this affair, but opposed them,
WERE NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND MEN THAT DREW SWORD: see
Judges 20:9
ALL THESE WERE MEN OF WA...
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And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were numbered four hundred
thousand men that drew sword: all these [were] men of war.
Ver. 17. _Four hundred thousand men._] Besides those that supplied the
ca...
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_The men of Israel were four hundred thousand_ That is, those that
were here present, for it is probable they had a far greater number of
men, being six hundred thousand before their entrance into Can...
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1 The Leuite in a generall assembly declareth his wrong.
8 The decree of the assembly.
12 The Beniamites being cited, make head against the Israelites.
18 The Israelites in two battels loose fourty...
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And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, with the exception of this one
tribe, WERE NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND MEN THAT DREW SWORD; ALL
THESE WERE MEN OF WAR....
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THE REVERSES OF ISRAEL...
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THE MEN OF ISRAEL, to wit, such as were here present, JUDGES 20:2, for
otherwise it is most probable they had a far greater number of men,
being 600,000 before their entrance into Canaan, NUMBERS 1:2....
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Judges 20:17 Benjamin H1144 men H376 Israel H3478 numbered H6485
(H8694) four H702 hundred H3967 thousand H505
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CONTENTS: Civil war in which the Benjamites are punished.
CHARACTERS: God, a Levite, Phinehas.
CONCLUSION: We cannot expect the presence of God with us in our
enterprises unless we seek it by humblin...
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Judges 20:11. _All the men of Israel were knit together._ Why had they
not assembled against Micah and his chapel of gods? Then this and
other evils might have been prevented. This was a just and nece...
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_The men of Israel turned again upon the children of BenJamin._
FROM JUSTICE TO WILD REVENGE
It may be asked how, while polygamy was practised among the
Israelites, the sin of Gibeah could rouse such...
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JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 20:1 Gibeah was a Benjaminite city, and so an
assembly of all Israel came together at Mizpah to take action against
Benjamin (vv. Judges 20:1). The Benjaminites, who apparently w...
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THE CRY FOR VENGEANCE
(Judges 20:1.)
_HOMILETICS_
1. _This cry was universal_ (Judges 20:1).
“From Dan to Beershebah, with Gilead.” There was not a dissentient
voice.
2. _They were in earnest_ (Ju...
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EXPOSITION
JUDGES 20:1
WENT OUT, _i.e._ from their several homes to the place of meeting. THE
CONGREGATION. The technical term (not, however, found in Samuel and
Kings, except in 1 Kings 12:20) for t...
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Now it had what he hoped it would have. It had a shock effect upon the
tribes. They were horrified to get part of a torso, a leg, an arm, a
head and they gathered together and this man told them the e...
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1 Chronicles 21:5; 1 Samuel 11:8; 1 Samuel 15:4; 2 Chronicles 17:14;...
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Men of Israel — Such as were here present, for it is probable they
had a far greater number of men, being six hundred thousand before
their entrance into Canaan....