Judges 20:9 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But now this shall be the thing which we will do to Gibeah; we will go up by lot against it; ”

Judges 20:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

By lot - To determine who should go up first Judges 20:18 . The shape of the ground probably made it impossible for the whole force to operate at once; and the question of spoil would have somet...
Judges 20:9 - 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 20:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But now this shall be the thing which we will do to Gibeah; we will go up by lot against it;
Judges 20:9 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

To Gibeah; we will go up by lot against it— Houbigant renders this more properly, we will draw lots against Gibea. REFLECTIONS.— Fired with holy zeal against such a crying enormity, the whole...
Judges 20:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

But now this shall be the thing which we will do to Gibeah; we will go up by lot against it; No JFB commentary on this verse.
Judges 20:9 - 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 20:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

We will go up by lot against it. — The English Version follows the LXX. and other versions in supplying “we will go up.” This is like the decision of the Amphictyonic counsel against the guilty cit...
Judges 20:9 - 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 20:9 - 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 20:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Oh! that all the tribes of Jesus were so consolidated in his cause, and so united to him, their great head, and to each other as the members of his mystical body: what might not be expected in their...
Judges 20:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But now this shall be the thing which we will do to Gibeah ,.... Where the fact was done; what follows was proposed by some, and unanimously agreed to by all: we will go up by lot against it ; cas...
Judges 20:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

But now this [shall be] the thing which we will do to Gibeah; [we will go up] by lot against it; Ver. 9. We will go up by lot against it. ] They do not shake off the plaintiff, or send him to Gibe...
Judges 20:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

We will go up by lot against it They probably cast lots who should go, and who should stay at home to provide the necessary supplies. According to all the folly that they have wrought That we may...
Judges 20:9 - 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 20:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Combination Against Gibeah. B. C. 1410. 1 Then all the children of Israel went out,...
Judges 20:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Judges 20:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“But now this is the thing which we will do to Gibeah. We will go up against it by lot. And we will take ten men of a hundred, throughout all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred of a thousand, and a...
Judges 20:9 - 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 20:9 - 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 20:9 - 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 20:9 - 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 20:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Benjamites Refuse to Deliver up the Guilty
Judges 20:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 24:5 ; 1 Samuel 14:41 ; 1 Samuel 14:42 ; Acts 1:26 ; Jonah 1:7 ; Joshua 14:2 ; Nehemiah 11:1 ; Proverbs 16:33

Judges 20:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Judges 20:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 20:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Judges 20:9 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Judges 20:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Judges 20:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 20:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Judges 20:9 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Judges 20:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Judges 20:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Judges 20:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Judges 20:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Judges 20:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 20:9 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 20:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judges 20:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Judges 20:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 20:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Judges 20:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 20:9 - The Biblical Illustrator

Judges 20:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Judges 20:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Judges 20:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge