士師記 21:5-11 JCB

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Judges 21:1-15

We may observe in these verses, I. The ardent zeal which the Israelites had expressed against the wickedness of the men of Gibeah, as it was countenanced by the tribe of Benjamin. Occasion is here given to mention two instances of their zeal on this occasion, which we did not meet with before:?1. While the general convention of the states was gathering together, and was waiting for a full house before they would proceed, they bound themselves with the great execration, which they called the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 21:5

And the children of Israel said ,.... One to another, after they had offered their sacrifices, and while they were together in Shiloh: who is there among all the tribes of Israel, that came not up with the congregation unto the Lord ? when they were summoned to come to Mizpeh, to consult together about the affair of the Levite's concubine, as appears by what follows: for they had made a great oath ; in a very awful and solemn manner, with a curse annexed to it, as that about not... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 21:6

And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother ,.... Not that they went to war with them, as if their cause was not good; but for the severity they had exercised towards them, especially in destroying their women and children, and for the fatal consequences like to follow here after, particularly the dissolution of the whole tribe: and said, there is one tribe cut off from Israel this day ; that is, there is a likelihood or great danger of it. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 21:7

How shall we do for wives for them that remain ,.... By which it seems, as well as by what is after related, that they knew of the six hundred men hid in the rock Rimmon: seeing we have sworn by the Lord ; by the Word of the Lord, as the Targum; and such an oath with them was a sacred thing, and to be kept inviolable, even to their own hurt: that we will not give them of our daughters to wives ; as in Judges 21:1 and therefore they must either marry among the Heathens, which was... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 21:8

And they said, what one is there of the tribes of Israel that came not up to Mizpeh to the Lord ?.... This is asked not only to bring them to justice, and put them to death, according to their oath, who should be found guilty, Judges 21:5 but as an expedient to find wives for the surviving Benjaminites; since these, as they came not to Mizpeh, so consequently swore not that they would not give their daughters to Benjaminites; wherefore from among them wives might be given to them, without... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 21:9

For the people were numbered ,.... To know who did come up, and who did not, and particularly to know whether the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead did or not, against whom an information was brought: and, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead there ; for as yet none that came had returned home; all came to Shiloh first, to pay their devotion to the Lord; and as none were found among the living, it did not appear they were among the slain; and very probably the muster roll... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 21:10

And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the valiantest ,.... That were in their army; in the Vulgate Latin version it is only 10,000; but the Targum, Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic versions, and Josephus F3 Ut supra. (Antiqu. l. 5. c. 2. sect. 10.) , agree with the Hebrew text. This place, according to Bunting, to which this army was sent, was fifty two miles from Shiloh F4 Travels, &c.; p. 121. : and commanded them, saying ; these were the orders they... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 21:11

And this is the thing that ye shall do ,.... Which they gave them in charge to execute: ye shall utterly destroy every male ; without any reserve, young or old, married or unmarried: and every woman that hath lain by man ; whether lawfully or unlawfully, in a married or unmarried state. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 21:7

How shall we do for wives for them - From this it appears that they had destroyed all the Benjamitish women and children! They had set out with the purpose of exterminating the whole tribe, and therefore they massacred the women, that if any of the men escaped, they might neither find wife nor daughter; and they bound themselves under an oath not to give any of their females to any of the remnant of this tribe, that thus the whole tribe might utterly perish. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 21:8

There came none to the camp from Jabesh-gilead - As they had sworn to destroy those who would not assist in this war, Judges 21:5 , they determined to destroy the men of Jabesh, and to leave none alive except the virgins, and to give these to the six hundred Benjamites that had escaped to the rock Rimmon. So twelve thousand men went, smote the city, and killed all the males and all the married women. The whole account is dreadful; and none could have been guilty of all these... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Judges 21:1-15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 21:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 21:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 21:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 21:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 21:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 21:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 21:11

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 21:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 21:8

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