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Verse Judges 20:28. _PHINEHAS, THE SON OF ELEAZAR_] This was the same
Phinehas who is mentioned Numbers 25:7, and consequently these
transactions must have taken place shortly after the death of Joshu...
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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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PHINEHAS. The grandson of Aaron, the contemporary of Jonathan the
grandson of Moses (Judges 18:30). This is the only mention of the high
priest throughout the book.
AARON. Some codices, with Syriac,...
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AND PHINEHAS, THE SON OF ELEAZAR, &C.— This was that Phinehas who
had signalized his zeal for the glory of God on a former occasion. See
Numbers 25. Had this war been posterior to the death of Samson,...
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_The Defeat of the Benjamites Judges 20:24-48_
24 And the children of Israel came near against the children of
Benjamin the second day,
25 And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second...
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_AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL ROSE UP IN THE MORNING, AND ENCAMPED
AGAINST GIBEAH._
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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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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PHINEHAS. — The fact that the high priest is. still the grandson of
Aaron, who had shown such noble zeal in the desert (Numbers 25:8;
Psalms 106:30), is. an important note of time, and proves decisive...
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וּ֠ פִינְחָס בֶּן ־אֶלְעָזָ֨ר בֶּֽן
־אַהֲרֹ֜ן...
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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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And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, (n) stood before
it in those days), saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against
the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease? And th...
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_Was over. Hebrew, "stood before it at that time," (Haydock) in the
camp, (Calmet) or perhaps at Silo, which was not so remote; but some,
if not the whole army, might go thither to weep, and to consul...
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Here we see that through the whole the victory was not doubtful. The
Lord hereby taught Israel, who perhaps vaunted more upon the strength
of their numbers, compared to Benjamin and Gibeah, than simpl...
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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 PHINEHAS THE SON OF ELEAZAR, THE SON OF AARON, STOOD BEFORE IT IN
THOSE DAYS,.... Before the ark, ministering before the Lord, which
shows that this affair was long before the times of Samson, tho...
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And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in
those days,) saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the
children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease? And the LO...
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_Phinehas the son of Eleazar_ This is added to give us light
respecting the time of this history, and to show, that this war did
not take place in the order in which it is here recorded, after the
dea...
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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 Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in
those days, so these events happened not long after the death of
Joshua,) SAYING, SHALL I YET AGAIN GO OUT TO BATTLE AGAINST THE...
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THE REVERSES OF ISRAEL...
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PHINEHAS THE SON OF ELEAZAR: this is added to give us some light about
the time of this history, and to show it was not done in the order in
which it is here placed, after Samson's death, but long bef...
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Judges 20:28 Phinehas H6372 son H1121 Eleazar H499 son H1121 Aaron
H175 stood H5975 (H8802) before H6440 days...
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Judges 20:28 a
‘(And Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it
in those days).'
Assuming this to be the Phinehas, son of Eleazar mentioned in Numbers
25:7; Joshua 24:33, who was...
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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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JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 20:28 PHINEHAS. See Numbers 25:6.
⇐...
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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 20:18
THE HOUSE OF GOD. In this rendering the A.V. follows the Vulgate,
which has _in domum Dei, hoc est, in Silo. _But the Septuagint has
Βαιθὴλ, and all the ancient authorities,...
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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 Samuel 14:37; 1 Samuel 23:4; 1 Samuel 30:8; 2 Chronicles 20:17;...
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Phinehas — This is added to give us light about the time of this
history, and to shew it was not done in the order in which it is here
placed, after Samson's death, but long before. Stood — That is
mi...