The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 34:26
And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son, with the edge (literally, the mouth ) of the sword ,—without excusing the inhuman barbarity of this remorseless massacre, Kurtz offers an elaborate and interesting analysis of the complex motive of which it was the outcome, in particular showing how in Jacob's sons that strange admixture of religious zeal and carnal passion, of lofty faith and low craft, existed which formed so large a portion of the character of the patriarch himself ( vide ... read more
The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 34:25
And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore ,—literally, in their being in pain ; δτε η}san e)n tw=| po&nw;| ( LXX .). Inflammation and fever commonly set in on the third day, which was for that reason regarded as the critical day— that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren ( i.e. sons of the same mother, Leah), took each man his sword, and came upon the city —accompanied by their servants (Keil), or their father's men (Murphy), but... read more