Judges 20:43

Judges 20:43 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thus they inclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased them, and trode them down with ease over against Gibeah toward the sunrising.
• New International Version (NIV)They surrounded the Benjamites, chased them and easily overran them in the vicinity of Gibeah on the east.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Surrounding the Benjaminites, they pursued them and trod them down from Nohah as far as opposite Gibeah on the east.
• New King James Version (NKJV)They surrounded the Benjamites, chased them, and easily trampled them down as far as the front of Gibeah toward the east.

Context of Judges 20:43

41Then the men of Israel turned around, and the men of Benjamin panicked. They realized that their evil had overtaken them. 42They turned in front of Israel toward the road to the desert. But the battle caught up with the men of Benjamin. Israel slaughtered whoever came out of the cities on the road to the desert. They closed in on the men of Benjamin and pursued them without stopping. They overtook them east of Gibeah. 44There were 18,000 experienced men from Benjamin who died in battle. 45The others turned and fled into the desert to Rimmon Rock. But the men of Israel killed 5,000 more on the roads. They caught up with another 2,000 and killed them near Gidom.

Judges 20:43 word by word

כִּתְּר֤וּ אֶת־בִּנְיָמִן֙ הִרְדִיפֻ֔הוּ מְנוּחָ֖ה הִדְרִיכֻ֑הוּ עַ֛ד נֹ֥כַח הַגִּבְעָ֖ה מִמִּזְרַח־שָֽׁמֶשׁ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• they inclosedכָּתַרkâthar · to surroundH3803
• the Benjamitesבֶּן־יְמִינִיben-yemîynîy ben-ha-yemînîy ben-'îysh yemîynîy · BenjaminiteH1145
• chasedרָדַףrâdaph · to pursueH7291
• trode them downדָּרַךְdârak · to treadH1869
• with easeמְנוּחָהmenûchâh menûchâh · NohahH4496
• over againstנֹ֫כַחnôkach · beforeH5227
• Gibeahגִּבְעָהgib‛âh · GibeahH1390
• toward the sunrisingשֶׁ֫מֶשׁshemesh · sunH8121
• toward the sunrisingמִזְרָחmizrâch · eastH4217

Cross-references for Judges 20:43

• Judges 8:20Then he told Jether, his firstborn son, “Get up and kill them!” But Jether didn’t draw his sword. He was afraid because he was only a young man.

Commentaries on Judges 20:43

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 43The language and construction of this verse is poetical; it seems to be an extract from a song, and to describe, in the language of poetry, the same event which the preceding verse described in that of prose. With ease - Or “rest” Numbers 10:33; Psalm 95:11. The expression is very obscure. The margin takes it as the name of a place.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 43overtook them in the vicinity of Gibeah on the east: The geography is complex. There may be confusion between Gibeah and nearby Geba (1 Samuel 13:3–14:5; see also 1 Kings 15:22).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 29-4829-48. And Israel set liers-in-wait round about Gibeah--A plan was formed of taking that city by stratagem, similar to that employed in the capture of Ai [Jos 8:9].Read the comment

Topics related to Judges 20:43

• Armies
• Strategy

In the dictionaries

• Gibeah
• Congregation
• Fetch
• Glean
• Trust
• Wickedness
• Wolf
• Archery
• Israel, History of
• Judah, Kingdom of

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