Judges 20:23-28 ASV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Judges 20:18-25

We have here the defeat of the men of Israel in their first and second battle with the Benjamites. I. Before their first engagement they asked counsel of God concerning the order of their battle and were directed, and yet they were sorely beaten. They did not think it was proper to ask of God whether they should go up at all against Benjamin (the case was plain enough, the men of Gibeah must be punished for their wickedness, and Israel must inflict the punishment or it will not be done), but... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Judges 20:26-48

We have here a full account of the complete victory which the Israelites obtained over the Benjamites in the third engagement: the righteous cause was victorious at last, when the managers of it amended what had been amiss; for, when a good cause suffers, it is for want of good management. Observe then how the victory was obtained, and how it was pursued. I. How the victory was obtained. Two things they had trusted too much to in the former engagements?the goodness of their cause and the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 20:23

And the children of Israel went up and wept before the Lord until even ,.... The evening of the day in which the battle was fought; not that the whole army went up to Shiloh to the house of God there, but a deputation of them, who lamented their defeat, and the loss of so many lives, but not their sins and transgressions, and particularly the idolatry they had been guilty of: and asked counsel of the Lord, saying, shall we go up again to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 20:24

And the children of Israel came near ,.... To the city of Gibeah, drew nigh to battle: against the children of Benjamin the second day ; for the two battles were fought two days successively. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 20:25

And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day ,.... Flushed with the victory they had obtained the day before: and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again eighteen thousand men, all these drew the sword , were armed men; this, with the 22,000 slain the day preceding, made 40,000; the same number singled out from among them by lot to provide food for them, and is thought by some to be the case Deborah refers to, Judges 5:8 and is what is... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 20:26

Then all the children of Israel and all the people went up, and came unto the house of God ,.... This looks as if the whole body of the army, with other people from parts adjacent, went up to the tabernacle of God in Shiloh: and wept and sat there before the Lord ; not only wept, but continued weeping, and that not merely for their defeat, but for their sins, since it follows: and fasted that day until even ; afflicted their bodies with fasting, which was a token of the humiliation... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 20:27

And the children of Israel inquired of the Lord ,.... By the Word of the Lord, as the Targum, and which has the same expression in Judges 20:18 for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days; in Shiloh, where the tabernacle was. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 20:28

And Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days ,.... Before the ark, ministering before the Lord, which shows that this affair was long before the times of Samson, though placed after them; or otherwise Phinehas must have been more than three hundred years of age, which is not probable F18 Vid. Rainold. de lib. Apocryph. Praelect. 149,150. p. 345,353,354. . Phinehas's standing before the ark was the posture of the priest when he inquired of the Lord... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 20:23

Go up against him - It appears most evident that the Israelites did not seek the protection of God. They trusted in the goodness of their cause and in the multitude of their army. God humbled them, and delivered them into the hands of their enemies, and showed them that the race was not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 20:26

And wept - Had they humbled themselves, fasted, and prayed, and offered sacrifices at first, they had not been discomfited. And fasted that day until even - This is the first place where fasting is mentioned as a religious ceremony, or as a means of obtaining help from God. And in this case, and many since, it has been powerfully effectual. At present it is but little used; a strong proof that self-denial is wearing out of fashion. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Judges 20:18-25

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Judges 20:26-48

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 20:23

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 20:24

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 20:25

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 20:26

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 20:27

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 20:28

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 20:23

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 20:26

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