Turned again — Having destroyed those that came to Gibeah, and into the field, now they follow them home to their several habitations. Men — Comprehensively taken, so as to include women and children. If this seem harsh and bloody, either it may be ascribed to military fury; or perhaps it may be partly justified, from that command of God in a parallel case, Deuteronomy 13:15, and from that solemn oath by which they had devoted to death all that came not up to Mizpeh, Judges 21:5, which none of the Benjamites did.

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