Judges 21:9

Judges 21:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For the people were numbered, and, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabesh–gilead there.
• New International Version (NIV)For when they counted the people, they found that none of the people of Jabesh Gilead were there.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For when the people were mustered, behold, not one of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead was there.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For when the people were counted, indeed, not one of the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead was there.

Context of Judges 21:9

7What are we to do for wives for those who are left, since we have sworn by the Lord not to give them any of our daughters as wives?” 8And they said, “What one is there of the tribes of Israel that did not go up to the Lord at Mizpah?” And behold, no one had come to the camp from Jabesh-gilead to the assembly. For when the people were counted, behold, not one of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead was there. 10And the congregation sent twelve thousand of the valiant warriors there, and commanded them, saying, “Go and strike the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with the edge of the sword, along with the women and the children. 11And this is the thing that you shall do: you shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman who has slept with a male.”

Judges 21:9 word by word

וַיִּתְפָּקֵ֖ד הָעָ֑ם וְהִנֵּ֤ה אֵֽין־שָׁם֙ אִ֔ישׁ מִיּוֹשְׁבֵ֖י יָבֵ֥שׁ גִּלְעָֽד׃Read the interlinear

• For when the peopleעַם‛am · people: soldiersH5971
• countedפָּקַדpâqad · to reckon: listH6485
• beholdהִנֵּהhinnêh · beholdH2009
• not oneאִישׁ'îysh · man: anyoneH376
• of the inhabitantsיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• of Jabesh-gileadיָבֵשׁyâbêsh yâbêysh · JabeshH3003
• of Jabesh-gileadגִּלְעָדgil‛âd · (Jabesh)-gileadH1568
• was thereשָׁםshâm · thereH8033

Commentaries on Judges 21:9

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-9Jabesh-gilead was an important town east of the Jordan River. Its failure to join the war against Benjamin caused a serious break in unity (see Judges 21:5).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-152-5. the people came to the house of God, ... and lifted up their voices, and wept sore--The characteristic fickleness of the Israelites was not long in being displayed; for scarcely had they cooled from the fierceness of their sanguinary vengeance, than they began to relent and rushed to the opposite extreme of self-accusation and grief at the desolation which their impetuous zeal had produced. Their victory saddened and humbled them. Their feelings on…Read the comment

Topics related to Judges 21:9

• Armies
• Discipline
• Jabesh-Gilead
• Rashness

In the dictionaries

• Gilead
• Gilead, Gileadite
• Jabesh-Gilead
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• Israel, History of
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• Jabesh

Commentaries on Judges 21

• 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
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary