Deuteronomy 20:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it: ”

• Deuteronomy 20:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Directions intended to prevent wanton destruction of life and property in sieges. Deuteronomy 20:16 Forbearance, however, was not to be shown toward the Canaanite nations, which were to be ut...

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• Deuteronomy 20:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Deuteronomy 20. Laws to be Observed during War. Peculiar to cf. Deuteronomy 21:10-14 (which some attach immediately to ch. 20) and Deuteronomy 23:9-14 ; Deuteronomy 24:5 (see remarks prefixed...

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• Deuteronomy 20:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  12. And if he will make no peace. The permission here given seems to confer too great a license; for, since heathen writers (46) command even the conquered to be spared, an...

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• Deuteronomy 20:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it:

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• Deuteronomy 20:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Ver. 12, 13. If it will make no peace—thou shalt smite every male — To punish their obstinacy for rejecting peace, and for incurring all those horrors of war, which, no doubt, they were taught t...

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• Deuteronomy 20:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee. No...

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• Deuteronomy 20:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Laws of Warfare 1. Horses and chariots] The army of the Israelites was chiefly composed of infantry: see on Deuteronomy 17:16 .

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• Deuteronomy 20:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Deuteronomy 20:10-20 . SIEGES. (10) When thou comest nigh... proclaim peace. — Not as the children of Dan did, who massacred the inhabitants of Laish without warning ( Judges 18:27-28 ). Even i...

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• Deuteronomy 20:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  THE ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF ISRAELITE LIFE IT has often and justly been said that the life of Israel is so entirely founded on the grace and favor of God that no distinction is made between the secula...

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• Deuteronomy 20:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  It is necessary to bear in mind that these people were being led into the land not merely to find a possession for themselves as an established nation, but first as the scourge of God against a corru...

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• Deuteronomy 20:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Observe the grace of GOD beautifully set forth in the proclamation made to sinners, in the gospel of salvation. If sinners will throw down their arms and receive the LORD JESUS all shall be well. It...

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• Deuteronomy 20:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And if it will make no peace with thee ,.... Will not accept of terms of peace offered: but will make war against thee ; come out and fight, or prepare to defend themselves: then thou shall besieg...

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• Deuteronomy 20:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  WARFARE REGULATED BY GOD (vs.1-19) God certainly never did approve the saying, "All's fair in love and war." Rather, God gave explicit instructions to Israel as to how to conduct their warfare. B...

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• Deuteronomy 20:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Proclamations of War; Directions Concerning War. B. C. 1451.       10 When thou comest nigh...

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• Deuteronomy 20:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  No text from Poole on this verse.

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• Deuteronomy 20:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  Instructions For Besieging A City ( Deuteronomy 20:10-20 ). Israel had already experienced sieges in their battles with the Amorite kings. Once they had entered Canaan they would also have to bes...

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• Deuteronomy 20:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES .—Reverence for life, and that which tends to preserve it, was the motive for laws given in last chapter. The same is the basis of those in this chapter. Even in time of war, forbeara...

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• Deuteronomy 20:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Deuteronomy 20:5 . Hath not dedicated it. David composed the xxxth Psalm for the dedication of his new palace. Good men warmed a new house by devotion. Deuteronomy 20:9 . The officers shall mak...

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• Deuteronomy 20:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION DIRECTIONS CONCERNING WARFARE IN GENERAL , AND FOR THE BESIEGING OF CITIES IN PARTICULAR . Deuteronomy 20:1-5 The instructions in this chapter are peculi...

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• Deuteronomy 20:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Manner of Dealing With a Besieged City

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