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Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Judges 20:14-28

The war against Benjamin. The armies of Israel are twice smitten. The divine promise of victory.Judges 20:14-2814But [And] the children [sons] of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities unto Gibeah, to go out to battle against [with] the children [sons] of Israel. 15And the children [sons] of Benjamin were numbered at that time out of the cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, beside the inhabitants of Gibeah, which were numbered seven hundred chosen men. 16Among... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Judges 20:1-48

The action of the Levite served its purpose. The nation was stirred momentarily to its center. A great moral passion flamed out. Underneath all the degeneracy was a true stratum of religious conviction, which in the presence of the iniquity of the men of Gibeah sprang to life and action. It is very remarkable how in the case of nations backsliding from religious ideals this is ever true. In the midst of most sordid and debased times, in the presence of some more than usually violent... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 20:16

‘ Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men, left-handed, every one could sling stones at a hair breadth and not miss.’ Each unit would have a number of slingers and in all they numbered seven hundred. They slung left-handed and were deadly accurate (compare 1 Chronicles 12:2 where they were also Benjaminites, but ambidextrous). The sling was composed of a piece of cloth or leather, a cord going from each side. The stone was put in the piece of cloth and the two cords held by... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 20:1-48

Judges 20. The Outrage Avenged.—“ The congregation” (LXX Synagô gç ) is a post-exilic term. The words “ as one man” suggest a unity of action such as was not secured till long after the time of the Judges. “ The assembly of the people of God” was a phrase often heard in the second Temple, but not in the days of the Judges. Judges 20:2 . Contrast the army mustered against Sisera, 40,000 men strong ( Judges 5:8). Judges 20:10 . Each of the three clauses means precisely the same thing. Judges... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Judges 20:16

Left-handed, Heb. shut up on their right hand, i.e. using their left hand instead of their right. Every one could sling stones at an hair breadth, and not miss; an hyperbolical expression, signifying that they could do this with great exactness. There are many parallel instances in historians of persons that could throw stones or shoot arrows with great certainty, so as seldom or never to miss; of which see my Latin Synopsis. And this was very considerable, and one ground of the Benjamites’... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Judges 20:1-48

THE CRY FOR VENGEANCE(Judges 20:1-48.)HOMILETICS1. This cry was universal (Judges 20:1).“From Dan to Beershebah, with Gilead.” There was not a dissentient voice.2. They were in earnest (Judges 20:2). Such numbers.3. Their desire for accurate information (Judges 20:3-7).4. The vengeance must be summary (Judges 20:8 etc.).5. They were united in their purpose (Judges 20:11).6. A whole tribe takes part with the wicked city (Judges 20:13-14).7. The men of zeal act in a spirit of presumption and self... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Judges 20:1-48

Chapter 20Now it had what he hoped it would have. It had a shock effect upon the tribes. They were horrified to get part of a torso, a leg, an arm, a head and they gathered together and this man told them the evil that was done by the Benjamites, by those from the tribe of Benjamin, the city of Gibeah. He told them the horrible evil that had befallen him while he was there. And the people of Israel were incensed against the Ephraimites, I mean against the Benjamites. And so they decided to go... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Judges 20:1-48

Judges 20:11 . All the men of Israel were knit together. Why had they not assembled against Micah and his chapel of gods? Then this and other evils might have been prevented. This was a just and necessary war, but the hand was not clean that handled the sword. Judges 20:13 . Deliver us the children of Belial that we may put them to death. By the refusal of this just demand, every Benjamite made the crime his own, and paid the forfeiture of his life. Judges 20:16 . Seven hundred... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Judges 20:1-48

Judges 20:1-48The men of Israel turned again upon the children of BenJamin.From justice to wild revengeIt may be asked how, while polygamy was practised among the Israelites, the sin of Gibeah could rouse such indignation and awaken the signal vengeance of the united tribes. The answer is to be found partly in the singular and dreadful device which the indignant husband used in making the deed known. Womanhood must have been stirred to the fiercest indignation, and manhood was bound to follow.... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Judges 20:16

Jdg 20:16 Among all this people [there were] seven hundred chosen men lefthanded; every one could sling stones at an hair [breadth], and not miss. Ver. 16. Lefthanded; every one could sling stones, &c. ] See Judges 3:15 . David had an excellency in slinging: so had Domitian and Commodus the Emperors. The Indians are much commended for their faculty herein by Philostratus and Plutarch. The Boeotians and the Baleares in Spain were bred up to it of children, their mothers allowing them no... read more

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Judges 20:14-28

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Judges 20:1-48

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 20:16

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 20:1-48

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Judges 20:16

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Judges 20:1-48

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Judges 20:1-48

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Judges 20:1-48

The Biblical Illustrator - Judges 20:1-48

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Judges 20:16

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