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 in the almost total extermination of the Benjamites.
1-11. The Israelites assemble at Gibeah.
CHAPTER XX _The heads of the eleven tribes come before the Lord in Mizpeh,_ _and examine the Levite relative to the murder of his wife, who_ _gives a simple narrative of the whole affair_, 1-7. _T...
The “congregation” is the technical term for the whole community of the Israelite people. Its occurrence here is an indication of the early date of these transactions. FROM DAN TO BEER-SHEBA - We cann...
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 ...
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...
THEN. These Chapter s (20, 21), hy Figure of speech _Hysterologia_, describe events which took place soon after Joshua's death. See notes on Judges 18:1 with Judges 19:1. CHILDREN. sons. AS ONE MAN....
_the congregation was assembled_ The two words at once stamp the character of source B; cf. in the Priestly Code Leviticus 8:4; Numbers 16:42; Numbers 20:2; J
_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...
_The War Against the Benjamites Judges 20:1-14_ Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, with the land _of_ Gilead...
_THEN ALL THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL WENT OUT, AND THE CONGREGATION WAS GATHERED TOGETHER AS ONE MAN, FROM DAN_ _ THEN ALL THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL WENT OUT, AND THE CONGREGATION WAS GATHERED TOGETHER AS ON...
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...
THE CONGREGATION WAS GATHERED TOGETHER. — This phrase is one which was familiar to the Israelites in the desert. It disappears after the days of Solomon (1 Kings 12:20). FROM DAN EVEN TO BEER-SHEBA. —...
וַ יֵּצְאוּ֮ כָּל ־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵל֒ וַ תִּ
Judges 20:1; Judges 21:1 FROM JUSTICE TO WILD REVENGE Judges 19:1; Judges 20:1;...
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...
The Levite took her body back home and used the knife he used to slaughter animals to cut the body into twelve pieces to send to all the tribes of Israel. He invited all the tribes to consider the ter...
Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as (a) one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the (b) LORD in Mizpeh. (a) That is, all...
Bersabee, from the northern to the southern extremity of the land, (Calmet) west of the Jordan, as Galaad denotes that on the east, belonging to Israel. Only the Benjamites and the town of Jabes decli...
CONTENTS The history in this chapter, like the two or three preceding, is full of distress, though the subject varies. From private calamities we are now introduced to the relation of public: and from...
The readiness of all Israel to assemble upon the complaint of the Levite, seems to say; the Lord had yet a seed to serve him. And no doubt, in the worst of times, this is, and must be the case. There...
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...
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...
THEN ALL THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL WENT OUT,.... Of their tribes, cities, habitations, not every individual of them, but some of the chief of them, with a select company with them: AND THE CONGREGATION...
Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh. Ver. 1. _Unto the Lord i...
_All the children of Israel went out_ Namely, the principal persons out of their respective cities, who were appointed to represent the rest. _As one man_ That is, with one consent. _Dan_, &c. Dan was...
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...
THE BENJAMITES REFUSE TO DELIVER UP THE GUILTY...
Then all the children of Israel went out, all housefathers or able-bodied men leaving their homes, AND THE CONGREGATION WAS GATHERED TOGETHER AS ONE MAN, they assembled as a congregation, with the ful...
JUSTICE FOR THE GUILTY REFUSED BY BENJAMIN (vv. 1-13) All the tribes were united in their insistence that judgment must be carried out against those who were guilty of criminal abuse and murder.They...
JUDGES CHAPTER 20 The Israelites assemble at Mizpeh: the Levite declares his wrong, JUDGES 20:1. Their decree, JUDGES 20:8, They require the delinquents of the Benjamites to do justice on them; they a...
Judges 20:1 children H1121 Israel H3478 out H3318 (H8799) Dan H1835 Beersheba H884 land H776 Gilead H1568 congregation...
CHAPTER 20. THE RESPONSE. In this chapter the Levite's appeal to the tribal confederacy of Israel is answered. The case is heard and the children of Benjamin are commanded to deliver the wrongdoers f...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
1 Chronicles 21:2; 1 Samuel 10:17; 1 Samuel 11:7; 1 Samuel 11:8;...
All — That is, a great number, and especially the rulers of all the tribes, except Benjamin, Judges 20:3, Judges 20:12. One man — That is, with one consent. Dan, &c. — Dan was the northern border of t...