American Standard Version
Judges 20:29-41
29And IsraelH3478 setH7760 liers-in-wait against GibeahH1390 roundH5439 about. 30And the children of IsraelH3478 wentH5927 up against the children of BenjaminH1144 on the thirdH7992 dayH3117, and set themselves in array against GibeahH1390, as at other timesH6471. 31And the children of BenjaminH1144 wentH3318 out against the peopleH5971, and were drawn away from the cityH5892; and they beganH2490 to smite and kill of the peopleH5971, as at other timesH6471, in the highwaysH4546, of which oneH259 goeth up to Beth-el, and the other to GibeahH1390, in the fieldH7704, about thirtyH7970 menH376 of IsraelH3478. 32And the children of BenjaminH1144 saidH559, They are smitten down before us, as at the firstH7223. But the children of IsraelH3478 saidH559, Let us fleeH5127, and draw them away from the cityH5892 unto the highwaysH4546. 33And all the menH376 of IsraelH3478 roseH6965 up out of their placeH4725, and setH6965 themselves in array at Baal-tamar: and the liers-in-wait of IsraelH3478 brake forthH1518 out of their placeH4725, even out of Maareh-geba. 34And there cameH935 over against GibeahH1390 tenH6235 thousandH505 chosen menH376 out of all IsraelH3478, and the battleH4421 was sore; but they knewH3045 not that evilH7451 was close upon them. 35And Jehovah smote BenjaminH1144 before IsraelH3478; and the children of IsraelH3478 destroyedH7843 of BenjaminH1144 that dayH3117 twentyH6242 and fiveH2568 thousandH505 and a hundredH3967 menH376: all these drewH8025 the swordH2719.
36So the children of BenjaminH1144 sawH7200 that they were smitten; for the menH376 of IsraelH3478 gaveH5414 placeH4725 to BenjaminH1144, because they trustedH982 unto the liers-in-wait whom they had setH7760 against GibeahH1390. 37And the liers-in-wait hasted, and rushed upon GibeahH1390; and the liers-in-wait drewH4900 themselves along, and smote all the cityH5892 with the edge of the swordH2719. 38Now the appointedH4150 sign between the menH376 of IsraelH3478 and the liers-in-wait wasH1961, that they should make a great cloud of smokeH6227 rise up out of the cityH5892. 39And the menH376 of IsraelH3478 turnedH2015 in the battleH4421, and BenjaminH1144 beganH2490 to smite and kill of the menH376 of IsraelH3478 about thirtyH7970 personsH376; for they saidH559, Surely they are smitten downH5221 before us, as in the firstH7223 battleH4421. 40But when the cloud beganH2490 to arise up out of the cityH5892 in a pillarH5982 of smokeH6227, the Benjamites looked behind them; and, behold, the wholeH3632 of the cityH5892 wentH5927 up in smokeH6227 to heavenH8064. 41And the menH376 of IsraelH3478 turnedH2015, and the menH376 of BenjaminH1144 were dismayedH926; for they sawH7200 that evilH7451 was come upon them.
Commentaries on Judges 20
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- Darby Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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