_THE ELEVEN TRIBES DEMAND FROM THE BENJAMITES, THAT THE AUTHORS OF THE CRUELTY AGAINST THE LEVITE'S CONCUBINE BE DELIVERED UP: THEY ARE CONQUERED IN TWO BATTLES, BUT IN A THIRD OVERCOME THE BENJAMITES, OF WHOM FIVE AND TWENTY THOUSAND FALL THAT DAY: SIX HUNDRED OF THEM FLY TO THE ROCK RIMMON, AND AB... [ Continue Reading ]
TO GIBEAH; WE WILL GO UP BY LOT AGAINST IT— Houbigant renders this more properly, _we will draw lots against Gibea._ REFLECTIONS.—Fired with holy zeal against such a crying enormity, the whole congregation assembles in Mizpeh, near Shiloh; that they may not only deliberate, but consult God's mind a... [ Continue Reading ]
WHICH WERE NUMBERED SEVEN HUNDRED CHOSEN MEN— It is said in the 46th verse, that there fell of the Benjamites on the third day twenty-five thousand. In the 47th verse, that there remained from the slaughter six hundred, which number makes twenty-five thousand six hundred men; there remained therefor... [ Continue Reading ]
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, Phinehas must have been above three hundred years old; but, as we have before remarked, its epocha... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT THE BATTLE OVERTOOK THEM, &C.— Houbigant renders this, but the battle overtook them, from the liers in wait, who came, surrounded them, and destroyed them on every side; moreover they pursued them, and trod them under foot, from Noah, even to the east side of Gibeah. See his note. REFLECTIONS.—C... [ Continue Reading ]