American Standard Version
Judges 20:8-17
8And all the peopleH5971 aroseH6965 as oneH259 manH376, sayingH559, We will not any of us go to his tentH168, neither will we any of us turnH5493 unto his houseH1004. 9But nowH6258 this is the thingH1697 which we will do to GibeahH1390: we will go up against it by lotH1486; 10and we will takeH3947 tenH6235 menH376 of a hundredH3967 throughout all the tribesH7626 of IsraelH3478, and a hundredH3967 of a thousandH505, and a thousandH505 out of tenH6235 thousandH505, to fetch victuals for the peopleH5971, that they may do, whenH834 they comeH935 to Gibeah of BenjaminH1144, according to all the follyH5039 that they have wrought in IsraelH3478. 11So all the menH376 of IsraelH3478 were gatheredH622 against the cityH5892, knit together as oneH259 manH376.
12And the tribesH7626 of IsraelH3478 sentH7971 menH376 through all the tribeH7626 of BenjaminH1144, sayingH559, What wickednessH7451 is this that is come to pass among you? 13NowH6258 thereforeH6258 deliver up the menH376, the base fellows, that are in GibeahH1390, that we may putH5414 them to deathH4191, and putH5414 away evilH7451 from IsraelH3478. But BenjaminH1144 wouldH14 not hearken to the voiceH6963 of their brethren the children of IsraelH3478. 14And the children of BenjaminH1144 gatheredH622 themselves together out of the citiesH5892 unto GibeahH1390, to goH3318 out to battleH4421 against the children of IsraelH3478. 15And the children of BenjaminH1144 were numbered on that dayH3117 out of the citiesH5892 twentyH6242 and sixH8337 thousandH505 menH376 that drewH8025 swordH2719, besides the inhabitantsH3427 of GibeahH1390, who were numbered sevenH7651 hundredH3967 chosen menH376. 16Among all this peopleH5971 there were sevenH7651 hundredH3967 chosen menH376 lefthanded; every oneH376 could sling stonesH68 at a hair-breadth, and not miss.
17And the menH376 of IsraelH3478, besides BenjaminH1144, were numbered fourH702 hundredH3967 thousandH505 menH376 that drewH8025 swordH2719: all these were menH376 of warH4421.
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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