E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Judges 20:2
God. Hebrew. ha - 'Elohim = the [true] God. App-14 . See note on Judges 18:31 . read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Judges 20:3
Now. Note the Figure of speech Parenthesis in this verse. App-6 . Mizpeh on the south-west border of Benjamin, not Mizpeh on the east of Jordan (Judges 10:17 ; Judges 11:11 , Judges 11:29 ). wickedness. Hebrew. ra'a'. App-44 . read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Judges 20:4
the Levite. Hebrew = "the man, the Levite". read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Judges 20:5
men = masters or head-men. for the house of God was in Shiloh (Judges 18:31 ), also the camp of Israel (Judges 21:12 ). read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Judges 20:16
lefthanded. Hebrew lame, or bound, in his right hand. hair breadth = a hair. No Ellipsis, omit "breadth". miss. Hebrew. chata'. See App-44 . read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Judges 20:18
God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4 . read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Judges 20:1
THE CIVIL WAR; THE DESTRUCTION OF GIBEAH AND THE NEAR-EXTERMINATION OF THE ENTIRE TRIBE OF BENJAMIN;THE GRAND ASSEMBLY OF ALL ISRAEL (Judges 20:1-3)"Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was assembled as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, unto Jehovah at Mizpah. And the chiefs of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword. Now the... read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Judges 20:4
THE LEVITE'S HALF-TRUE REPORT (Judges 20:4-7)"And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was murdered, answered and said, I came into Gibeah that belongeth to Benjamin, And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about me by night; me they thought to have slain, and my concubine they forced, and she is dead. And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel; for they have committed lewdness and folly in... read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Judges 20:8
THE UNANIMOUS DECISION TO AVENGE THE LEVITE"And all the people came as one man, saying; We will not any of us go to his tent, neither will any of us turn unto his house. But now this is the thing which we will do to Gibeah: we will go up against it by lot; and we will take ten men of a hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to fetch victuals for the people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to... read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Judges 20:1
Then. These chapters (20, 21), hy Figure of speech Hysterologia , describe events which took place soon after Joshua's death. See notes on Judges 18:1 with Judges 19:1 . children = sons. as one man. All this excitement, unanimity, and bloodshed about an injury done to a woman; no sense of the evil of idolatry and sin against God, recorded in Judges 19:0 . read more