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Verse Judges 20:23. _GO UP AGAINST HIM._] It appears most evident that
the Israelites did not seek the protection of God. They trusted in the
_goodness of their cause_ and in the _multitude of their a...
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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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_wept before the Lord_ Cf. Judges 20:26; Judges 2:4; Judges 21:2.
After _went up_we should supply _to Beth-el_, as in Judges 20:26....
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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 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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This v., placed in brackets, should really precede Judges 20:22, on
which Judges 20:24 properly follows.
25. In these two battles the Israelites thus lose a tenth of their
whole number....
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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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AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL. — This verse is parenthetical and
retrospective. The whole narrative is arranged in a very simple
manner, and shows an unformed archaic style.
AGAINST THE CHILDREN OF BENJ...
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וַ יַּעֲל֣וּ בְנֵֽי ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל וַ
יִּבְכּ֣וּ...
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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 join battle. This is an explanation of Hebrew, "against him."
(Haydock) --- The Israelites still neglected to sue for the divine
protection, trusting in their numbers. God sends them again to batt...
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The apparent success of Benjamin, is a lively representation of the
seeming success of Satan, in the holy war. How frequently are God's
people apparently worsted, and in the conflict, prompted to excl...
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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 CHILDREN OF ISRAEL WENT UP AND WEPT BEFORE THE LORD UNTIL
EVEN,.... The evening of the day in which the battle was fought; not
that the whole army went up to Shiloh to the house of God there,...
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Judges 20:23 (And the children of Israel went up and wept before the
LORD until even, and asked counsel of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up
again to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother?...
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_The men of Israel encouraged_ Hebrew, _strengthened themselves_,
supporting themselves with the consciousness of the justice of their
cause, and putting themselves in better order for defending
thems...
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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 children of Israel went up and wept before the Lord until
even, truly sorrowful over their display of sinful self-confidence,
AND ASKED COUNSEL OF THE LORD, SAYING, SHALL I GO UP AGAIN TO BAT...
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THE REVERSES OF ISRAEL...
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WENT UP AND WEPT; not so much for their sins as for their defeat and
loss, as appears by the sequel. AGAINST THE CHILDREN OF BENJAMIN MY
BROTHER; they impute their ill success not to their own sins, a...
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Judges 20:23 children H1121 Israel H3478 up H5927 (H8799) wept H1058
(H8799) before H6440 LORD H3068 evening
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Judges 20:23 a
‘And the children of Israel went up and wept before Yahweh until
even, and asked counsel of Yahweh, saying, “shall I again draw near
to battle against the children of Benjamin my broth...
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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 20:18
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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Hosea 5:15; Judges 20:26; Judges 20:27; Psalms 78:34...
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Wept — Not so much for their sins, as for their defeat and loss. My
brother — They impute their ill success, not to their own sins, but
to their taking up arms against their brethren. But still they p...