New King James Version
Judges 20:43
43They surrounded the Benjamites, chased them, and easily trampled them down as far as the front of Gibeah toward the east.
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 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
41And when the men of Israel turned back, the men of Benjamin panicked, for they saw that disaster had come upon them. 42Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel in the direction of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them, and whoever came out of the cities they destroyed in their midst. They surrounded the Benjamites, chased them, and easily trampled them down as far as the front of Gibeah toward the east. 44And eighteen thousand men of Benjamin fell; all these were men of valor. 45Then they turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon; and they cut down five thousand of them on the highways. Then they pursued them relentlessly up to Gidom, and killed two thousand of them.
Read all of Judges 20Judges 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
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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
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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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