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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)The Israelites surrounded the men of Benjamin and chased them relentlessly, finally overtaking them east of Gibeah.

Context of Judges 20:43

41Then the Israelites counterattacked, and the Benjamites were terrified, because they realized that disaster had come on them. 42So they fled before the Israelites in the direction of the wilderness, but they could not escape the battle. And the Israelites who came out of the towns cut them down there. They surrounded the Benjamites, chased them and easily overran them in the vicinity of Gibeah on the east. 44Eighteen thousand Benjamites fell, all of them valiant fighters. 45As they turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, the Israelites cut down five thousand men along the roads. They kept pressing after the Benjamites as far as Gidom and struck down two thousand more.

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 8:20Turning to Jether, his oldest son, he said, “Kill them!” But Jether did not draw his sword, because he was only a boy and was afraid.

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