Judges 21:17 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel. ”

Judges 21:17 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And they said, [There must be] (g) an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel. (g) Benjamin must be preserved to have the twelfth portion in the...
Judges 21:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judes 21. Benjamin Saved from Extinction. Two versions of this story have been editorially combined. The second is evidently the older. It was stated that the children of Israel came together as on...
Judges 21:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.
Judges 21:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel. There must be an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjami...
Judges 21:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Migrations of the Danites, and the Feud between Benjamin and the other tribes (Judges 17-21) This concluding section is really an appendix. Instead of describing a further deliverance, it reco...
Judges 21:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

There must be an inheritance. — Rather, possession of the remnant shall be for Benjamin — i.e., We will leave untouched their land and possessions. “We give you leave to take the whole land of...
Judges 21:17 - 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 21:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Uninstructed zeal, even in the cause of righteousness, often goes beyond its proper limits. The terrible carnage continued until not above six hundred men of the tribe of Benjamin were left. Another...
Judges 21:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I pass over the whole here recorded, to bring the sum, and substance into one point of view; it affords a melancholy picture, take it altogether, very humbling to our nature, and sadly descriptive of...
Judges 21:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And they said, there must be an inheritance for them that be escaped Benjamin ,.... The escaped are the six hundred men in the rock Rimmon; four hundred of them were supplied with wives, the other t...
Judges 21:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And they said, [There must be] an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel. Ver. 17. There must be an inheritance for them that be escaped. ] E...
Judges 21:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

There must be an inheritance for Benjamin The words, There must be , are not in the Hebrew, which runs thus: The inheritance of them that are escaped is for Benjamin; that is, the six hundred re...
Judges 21:17 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

TWO FOOLISH OATHS AND FOOLISH ACTIONS (vv. 1-14) God had not told Israel to totally destroy Benjamin, including women and children, but Israel had done this except for the 600 men hiding in the...
Judges 21:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Virgins of Shiloh Surprised. B. C. 1409. 16 Then the elders of the congregation sa...
Judges 21:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The inheritance promised by Jacob and Moses, and given by Joshua to the tribe of Benjamin, doth all of it belong to those few which remain of that tribe, and cannot be possessed by any other tribe; a...
Judges 21:17 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ And they said, ‘There must be an inheritance for those who have escaped of Benjamin, so that a tribe is not blotted out of Israel.' The feeling was strong. To lose a tribe would be like losing...
Judges 21:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

A GREAT CALAMITY PREVENTED ( Judges 21:1-25 .) HOMILETICS 1. Zeal is always right in denouncing sin . It would have showed a lamentable lack of the reverence due to the God of Israel, if such...
Judges 21:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 21:4 . Built there an altar, in Mizpeh. This altar had long existed. Exodus 38:1 . Altars were erected in many places: Samuel, David, and Elijah officiated at those altars. Yea, more; the...
Judges 21:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

The men of Israel had sworn. An unreasonable oath 1. It was an oath that flowed from rash rage rather than from real zeal. Men must swear in judgment ( Jeremiah 4:2 ), not when transported with...
Judges 21:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wives for the Remaining Benjamites from the Daughters of Shiloh
Judges 21:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Numbers 26:55 ; Numbers 36:7
Judges 21:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

An inheritance — The inheritance promised by Jacob and Moses, and given by Joshua to the tribe of Benjamin, doth all of it belong to those few who remain of that tribe, and cannot be possessed by a...

Judges 21:17 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Judges 21:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 21:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Judges 21:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Judges 21:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 21:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Judges 21:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Judges 21:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Judges 21:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Judges 21:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Judges 21:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Judges 21:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 21:17 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 21:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judges 21:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Judges 21:17 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 21:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Judges 21:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 21:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

Judges 21:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Judges 21:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Judges 21:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes