Judges 20:34 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was sore: but they knew not that evil was near them. ”

Judges 20:34 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was sore: but they knew not that (q) evil [was] near them. (q) They did not know that God's judgment was at ha...
Judges 20:34 - 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 20:34 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was sore: but they knew not that evil was near them.
Judges 20:34 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was sore: but they knew not that evil was near them. Ten thousand chosen men. This was a third division...
Judges 20:34 - 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 20:34 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ten thousand chosen men. — Though the verse is obscurely expressed, the meaning probably is that this was the number of the ambuscade of picked warriors. If it means that this was the Israelite f...
Judges 20:34 - 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 20:34 - 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 20:34 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Here we see that through the whole the victory was not doubtful. The Lord hereby taught Israel, who perhaps vaunted more upon the strength of their numbers, compared to Benjamin and Gibeah, than simp...
Judges 20:34 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel ,.... Which, according to Ben Gersom, were the liers in wait; and came from the south, as the Targum says: and the battle wa...
Judges 20:34 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was sore: but they knew not that evil [was] near them. Ver. 34. They knew not that evil, &c. ] See Judg...
Judges 20:34 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ten thousand chosen men These seem to have been a detachment from the main body, which was at Baal-tamar, and marched to attack Gibeah on one side, while the liers in wait assaulted it on the other...
Judges 20:34 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Defeat of the Benjamites. B. C. 1410. 26 Then all the children of Israel, and all th...
Judges 20:34 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Chosen men out of all Israel; selected out of the main body, which was at Baal-tamar; and these were to march directly to Gibeah on the one side, whilst the liers in wait stormed it on the other si...
Judges 20:34 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 20:34 a ‘And there came over against Gibeah ten eleph chosen men out of all Israel.' These ten units may have been the liers in wait, or they may have been the forces in ambush that sudd...
Judges 20:34 - 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 20:34 - 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 20:34 - 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 20:34 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Judges 20:18 The house of God . In this rendering the A.V. follows the Vulgate, which has in domum Dei, hoc est, in Silo. But the Septuagint has Βαιθὴλ, and all the ancient a...
Judges 20:34 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Benjamites Defeated and Almost Exterminated
Judges 20:34 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Thessalonians 5:3 ; Ecclesiastes 8:11 ; Ecclesiastes 8:12 ; Ecclesiastes 9:12 ; Isaiah 3:10 ; Isaiah 3:11 ; Isaiah 47:11 ; Job 21:13 ; Joshua 8:14 ; Judges 20:29 ; Luke 21:34 ; Matthew...
Judges 20:34 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Chosen men — Selected out of the main body, which was at Baal — tamar; and these were to march directly to Gibeah on the one side, whilst the liers in wait stormed it on the other side, and whilst...

Judges 20:34 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Judges 20:34 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 20:34 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Judges 20:34 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Judges 20:34 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 20:34 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Judges 20:34 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Judges 20:34 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Judges 20:34 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Judges 20:34 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Judges 20:34 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Judges 20:34 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 20:34 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judges 20:34 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Judges 20:34 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 20:34 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Judges 20:34 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 20:34 - The Biblical Illustrator

Judges 20:34 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Judges 20:34 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Judges 20:34 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Judges 20:34 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes