Judges 21:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And they said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel that came not up to Mizpeh to the LORD? And, behold, there came none to the camp from Jabeshgilead to the assembly. ”

Judges 21:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jabesh-Galead - Is here mentioned for the first time. (See marginal references.) The name of Jabesh survives only in the Wady Yabes (running down to the east bank of the Jordan), near the head of...
Judges 21:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And they said, What one [is there] of the tribes of Israel that (d) came not up to Mizpeh to the LORD? And, behold, there came none to the camp from Jabeshgilead to the assembly. (d) Condemning them...
Judges 21:8 - 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 21:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And they said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel that came not up to Mizpeh to the LORD? And, behold, there came none to the camp from Jabeshgilead to the assembly. There came none to the c...
Judges 21:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And they said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel that came not up to Mizpeh to the LORD? And, behold, there came none to the camp from Jabesh-gilead to the assembly. There came none to...
Judges 21:8 - 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 21:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

There came none to the camp from Jabesh-gilead. — Jabesh-Gilead, which Josephus calls the metropolis of Gilead ( Antt. vi. 5, § 1), is probably to be identified with the ruins now called El-Deir i...
Judges 21:8 - 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 21:8 - 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 21:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

It should seem, that the vengeance taken of the men of Jabesh-gilead, was more with an eye to provide in this manner wives for Benjamin, than to punish them, for not coming up against Gibeah.
Judges 21:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And they said, what one is there of the tribes of Israel that came not up to Mizpeh to the Lord ?.... This is asked not only to bring them to justice, and put them to death, according to their oath,...
Judges 21:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And they said, What one [is there] of the tribes of Israel that came not up to Mizpeh to the LORD? And, behold, there came none to the camp from Jabeshgilead to the assembly. Ver. 8. There came no...
Judges 21:8 - 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 21:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Lamentation for the Benjamites; Wives Provided for the Benjamites. B. C. 1409. 1 Now the...
Judges 21:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

A city in Gilead, and in the tribe of Manasseh; of which see 1 Samuel 11:1,3,9 , &c.; 1 Samuel 31:11 , &c.
Judges 21:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And they said, “What one is there of the tribes of Israel who did not come up to Yahweh, to Mizpah?” And lo, there came none to the camp from Jabeshgilead to the assembly. For when the people were n...
Judges 21:8 - 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 21:8 - 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 21:8 - 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 21:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Expedition Against Jabesh-Gilead
Judges 21:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 11:1-3 ; 1 Samuel 31:11-13 ; 2 Samuel 2:5 ; 2 Samuel 2:6

Judges 21:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Judges 21:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Judges 21:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 21:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Judges 21:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Judges 21:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 21:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Judges 21:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Judges 21:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Judges 21:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Judges 21:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Judges 21:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Judges 21:8 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 21:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judges 21:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Judges 21:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 21:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Judges 21:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 21:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Judges 21:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Judges 21:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge