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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Judges 20 - Introduction

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Judges 20:1. The tribes meet at Mizpeh, and the Levite tells the story of the crime at Gibeah. Judges 20:8. The people rise like one man, and determine to punish Gibeah. Judges 20:12. The Benjamites espouse the cause of the guilty city. Judges 20:15. The forces on both sides. Judges 20:18. The Israelites twice defeated by Benjamin. Judges 20:26. Victory promised them after a day of fast at Bethel. Judges 20:29. Their stratagem and its success. Judges 20:42. Destruction of the Benjamites. Judges 20:47. The tribe extirpated except six hundred men.

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    1:1 ruled, (a-12) _ Shaphat_ , lit. 'judged.' country (b-32) Lit. 'fields,' 'farmlands,' as ver. 6, and elsewhere. As 2 Kings 8:3 ,2 Kings 8:5 ....

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • KJV Original Language Details

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

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