Judges 20:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about upon me by night, and thought to have slain me: and my concubine have they forced,b that she is dead. ”

Judges 20:5 - 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 20:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

men . masters or head-men. for the house of God was in Shiloh ( Judges 18:31 ), also the camp of Israel ( Judges 21:12 ).
Judges 20:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about upon me by night, and thought to have slain me: and my concubine have they forced, that she is dead.
Judges 20:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about upon me by night, and thought to have slain me: and my concubine have they forced, that she is dead. No JFB commentary o...
Judges 20:5 - 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 20:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The men of Gibeah. — Literally, the lords of Gibeah, as in Judges 9:2 . We cannot infer that they were heathen inhabitants of the town, though they behaved as if they were. If the phrase implies...
Judges 20:5 - 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 20:5 - 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 20:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I pass by the relation of the story itself, (for we had it before in the preceding chapter) to call the Reader's attention to the Levites appeal. What are, or ought to be the children of Israel? Mose...
Judges 20:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the men of Gibeah rose against me ,.... Not all of them, but some that dwelt in that city; he forbears giving them the character they justly deserved, sons of Belial. These came in a tumultuous...
Judges 20:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about upon me by night, [and] thought to have slain me: and my concubine have they forced, that she is dead. Ver. 5. And the men of...
Judges 20:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Slain me Except I would either submit to their unnatural lust, which I was resolved to withstand even unto death, or deliver up my concubine to them, which I was forced to do. Lewdness and folly...
Judges 20:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

JUSTICE FOR THE GUILTY REFUSED BY BENJAMIN (vv. 1-13) All the tribes were united in their insistence that judgment must be carried out against those who were guilty of criminal abuse and murder....
Judges 20:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Combination Against Gibeah. B. C. 1410. 1 Then all the children of Israel went out,...
Judges 20:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Thought to have slain me; except I would either submit to their unnatural lust, which I was resolved to withstand even unto death; or deliver up my concubine to them, which I was forced to do.
Judges 20:5 - 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 20:5 - 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 20:5 - 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 20:5 - 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 20:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Benjamites Refuse to Deliver up the Guilty
Judges 20:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 22:24 ; Ezekiel 22:10 ; Ezekiel 22:11 ; Genesis 19:4-8 ; Judges 19:22 ; Judges 19:25 ; Judges 19:26
Judges 20:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Slain me — Except I would either submit to their unnatural lust, which I was resolved to withstand even unto death: or deliver up my concubine to them, which I was forced to do.

Judges 20:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 20:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Judges 20:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Judges 20:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Judges 20:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 20:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Judges 20:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Judges 20:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Judges 20:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Judges 20:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Judges 20:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Judges 20:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 20:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 20:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judges 20:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Judges 20:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Judges 20:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 20:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Judges 20:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Judges 20:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Judges 20:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Judges 20:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes