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Selected Verse: Judges 20:48 - Strong Concordance
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| Jud 20:48 |
Strong Concordance |
And the men [0376] of Israel [03478] turned again [07725] upon the children [01121] of Benjamin [01144], and smote [05221] them with the edge [06310] of the sword [02719], as well the men [04974] of every city [05892], as [05704] the beast [0929], and all that came to hand [04672]: also they set [07971] on fire [0784] all the cities [05892] that they came to [04672]. |
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King James |
And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, as well the men of every city, as the beast, and all that came to hand: also they set on fire all the cities that they came to. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword--This frightful vengeance, extending from Gibeah to the whole territory of Benjamin, was executed under the impetuous impulse of highly excited passions. But doubtless the Israelites were only the agents of inflicting the righteous retributions of God; and the memory of this terrible crisis, which led almost to the extermination of a whole tribe, was conducive to the future good of the whole nation. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| They treated Benjamin as devoted to utter destruction, as Jericho had been Jos 6:17, Jos 6:21, and the whole tribe was all but actually extirpated. We see in the punishment inflicted the same ferocity which marked both the crime and the Levite's mode of requiring vengeance. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Turned again - Having destroyed those that came to Gibeah, and into the field, now they follow them home to their several habitations. Men - Comprehensively taken, so as to include women and children. If this seem harsh and bloody, either it may be ascribed to military fury; or perhaps it may be partly justified, from that command of God in a parallel case, Deu 13:15, and from that solemn oath by which they had devoted to death all that came not up to Mizpeh, Jdg 21:5, which none of the Benjamites did. |
21 And they utterly destroyed [02763] all that was in the city [05892], both man [0376] and woman [0802], young [05288] and old [02205], and ox [07794], and sheep [07716], and ass [02543], with the edge [06310] of the sword [02719].
17 And the city [05892] shall be accursed [02764], even it, and all that are therein, to the LORD [03068]: only Rahab [07343] the harlot [02181] shall live [02421], she and all that are with her in the house [01004], because she hid [02244] the messengers [04397] that we sent [07971].
5 And the children [01121] of Israel [03478] said [0559], Who is there among all the tribes [07626] of Israel [03478] that [0834] came [05927] not up with the congregation [06951] unto the LORD [03068]? For they had made a great [01419] oath [07621] concerning him that came not up [05927] to the LORD [03068] to Mizpeh [04709], saying [0559], He shall surely [04191] be put to death [04191].
15 Thou shalt surely [05221] smite [05221] the inhabitants [03427] of that city [05892] with the edge [06310] of the sword [02719], destroying it utterly [02763], and all that is therein, and the cattle [0929] thereof, with the edge [06310] of the sword [02719].