John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 34:29
And all their wealth ,.... Or "power" F15 חילם "siquidem" חיל "proprie potentia, robur", Drusius; so Ainsworth. or "strength"; every thing that made them mighty and powerful; their gold and silver, their jewels, and rich furniture of their houses, their arms and weapons of war, their goods and substance, in which they trafficked: and all their little ones and their wives took they captive : they spared the women and children, as was usual war, and in the plunder of towns and... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 34:25-31
Here, we have Simeon and Levi, two of Jacob's sons, young men not much above twenty years old, cutting the throats of the Shechemites, and thereby breaking the heart of their good father. I. Here is the barbarous murder of the Shechemites. Jacob himself was used to the sheep-hook, but his sons had got swords by their sides, as if they had been the seed of Esau, who was to live by his sword; we have them here, 1. Slaying the inhabitants of Shechem?all the males, Hamor and Shechem particularly,... read more