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

“ And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, What wickedness is this that is done among you? ”

Judges 20:12 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the (h) tribe of Benjamin, saying, What wickedness [is] this that is done among you? (h) That is, every family of the tribe.
Judges 20:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 20. The Outrage Avenged. The congregation (LXX Synagô gç) is a post-exilic term. The words as one man suggest a unity of action such as was not secured till long after the time of the Judges....
Judges 20:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, What wickedness is this that is done among you?
Judges 20:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man. No JFB commentary on these verses.
Judges 20:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Slaughter of the Benjamites The Levite recounts his wrongs to a full assemblage of the tribes, who decree punishment upon Benjamin. Their first two attacks are unsuccessful, but the third resu...
Judges 20:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Through all the tribe of Benjamin. — It was equitable to send this embassy, although the Benjamites had not come to the sacred gathering at Mizpeh. The word for “tribe” is in the plural, so that...
Judges 20:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Judges 20:1-48 ; Judges 21:1-25 FROM JUSTICE TO WILD REVENGE Judges 19:1-30 ; Judges 20:1-48 ; Judges 21:1-25 THESE last Chapter s describe a general and vehement outburst of moral indign...
Judges 20:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The action of the Levite served its purpose. The nation was stirred momentarily to its center. A great moral passion flamed out. Underneath all the degeneracy was a true stratum of religious convicti...
Judges 20:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

This fair appeal common justice required. The wicked only are to be punished in his iniquity. And this with a view also, to stop the execution of God's wrath. How lost therefore was Benjamin to refus...
Judges 20:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribes of Benjamin ,.... Meaning the families of Benjamin; for as sometimes a tribe is called a family, Joshua 7:17 so a family is called a tribe;...
Judges 20:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, What wickedness [is] this that is done among you? Ver. 12. And the tribes of Israel sent men. ] They would treat before...
Judges 20:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The tribes of Israel sent men , &c. Before they marched forward they sent an embassy to the Benjamites, to complain of the wickedness that had been committed, and the injury that had been done b...
Judges 20:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The War with the Benjamites. B. C. 1410. 12 And the tribes of Israel sent men through...
Judges 20:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The tribe, Heb. tribes ; either the plural number for the singular; or rather tribe is put for family , as was noted before, as families are elsewhere put for tribes . They take a wise and a...
Judges 20:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 20:12 a ‘And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribes of Benjamin.' The plural for tribes is used indicating sub-tribes (as in Numbers 4:18 ; 1 Samuel 9:21 ). The emphasis...
Judges 20:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE CRY FOR VENGEANCE ( Judges 20:1-48 .) HOMILETICS 1. This cry was universal ( Judges 20:1 ). “From Dan to Beershebah, with Gilead.” There was not a dissentient voice. 2. They were in ear...
Judges 20:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 20:11 . All the men of Israel were knit together. Why had they not assembled against Micah and his chapel of gods? Then this and other evils might have been prevented. This was a just and n...
Judges 20:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

The men of Israel turned again upon the children of BenJamin. From justice to wild revenge It may be asked how, while polygamy was practised among the Israelites, the sin of Gibeah could rouse...
Judges 20:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Judges 20:1 Went out , i.e. from their several homes to the place of meeting. The congregation . The technical term (not, however, found in Samuel and Kings, except in 1 Kin...
Judges 20:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Benjamites Refuse to Deliver up the Guilty
Judges 20:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 13:14 ; Deuteronomy 20:10 ; Joshua 22:13-16 ; Matthew 18:15-18 ; Romans 12:18
Judges 20:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

All the tribe — They take a wise and a just course, in sending to all the parts of the tribe, to separate the innocent from the guilty, and to give them a fair opportunity of preventing their ruin,...

Judges 20:12 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

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

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

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

Judges 20:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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

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

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

Judges 20:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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

Judges 20:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Judges 20:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 20:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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

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

Judges 20:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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

Judges 20:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

Judges 20:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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

Judges 20:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Judges 20:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes