Judges 20:47

Judges 20:47 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness unto the rock Rimmon, and abode in the rock Rimmon four months.
• New International Version (NIV)But six hundred of them turned and fled into the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, where they stayed four months.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But 600 men turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon and remained at the rock of Rimmon four months.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But six hundred men turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, and they stayed at the rock of Rimmon for four months.

Context of Judges 20:47

45And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon: and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men; and pursued hard after them unto Gidom, and slew two thousand men of them. 46So that all which fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and five thousand men that drew the sword; all these were men of valour. But six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness unto the rock Rimmon, and abode in the rock Rimmon four months. 48And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, as well the men of every city, as the beast, and all that came to hand: also they set on fire all the cities that they came to.

Judges 20:47 word by word

וַיִּפְנ֞וּ וַיָּנֻ֤סוּ הַמִּדְבָּ֙רָה֙ אֶל־סֶ֣לַע הָֽרִמּ֔וֹן שֵׁ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת אִ֑ישׁ וַיֵּֽשְׁבוּ֙ בְּסֶ֣לַע רִמּ֔וֹן אַרְבָּעָ֖ה חֳדָשִֽׁים׃Read the interlinear

• But sixשֵׁשׁshêsh shishshâh · sixH8337
• hundredמֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
• menאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• turnedפָּנָהpânâh · to turnH6437
• and fledנוּסnûs · to fleeH5127
• to the wildernessמִדְבָּרmidbâr · wildernessH4057
• unto the rockסֶ֫לַעsela‛ · cragH5553
• Rimmonרִמּוֹןrimmôn rimmôn rimmônô · (Rock of) RimmonH7417
• and abodeיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• fourאַרְבַּע'arba‛ 'arbâ‛âh · fourH702
• monthsחֹ֫דֶשׁchôdesh · monthH2320

Cross-references for Judges 20:47

• Judges 21:13And the whole congregation sent some to speak to the children of Benjamin that were in the rock Rimmon, and to call peaceably unto them.
• Psalms 103:9He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever.
• Isaiah 1:9Except Yhwh of Armies had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.
• Jeremiah 14:7O Yhwh, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy name’s sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.
• Lamentations 3:32But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.
• Habakkuk 3:2O Yhwh, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O Yhwh, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy.

Commentaries on Judges 20:47

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 47the rock of Rimmon: "Rimmon" was a personal name from the tribe of Benjamin (2 Samuel 4:2). The place was about four miles east of Bethel. It was a stronghold, likely a cliff dwelling, that protected fugitives because it was hard to reach.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 20:47

• Rimmon

In the dictionaries

• Rimmon
• Congregation
• Fetch
• Gibeah
• Glean
• Trust
• Wickedness
• Wolf
• Archery
• Israel, History 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