Judges 21:9 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For the people were numbered, and, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead there. ”

Judges 21:9 - 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 21:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For the people were numbered, and, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead there.
Judges 21:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For the people were numbered, and, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead there. No JFB commentary on these verses.
Judges 21:9 - 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 21:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

For the people were numbered. — It is doubtful whether this implies another numbering besides that at Mizpeh ( Judges 20:1-17 ). In the tale which had then been made up, the absence of inhabitants...
Judges 21:9 - 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 21:9 - 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 21:9 - 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 21:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For the people were numbered ,.... To know who did come up, and who did not, and particularly to know whether the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead did or not, against whom an information was brought: a...
Judges 21:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

For the people were numbered, and, behold, [there were] none of the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead there. Ver. 9. For the people were numbered, and, behold, &c. ] God will one day send out summon...
Judges 21:9 - 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 21:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Lamentation for the Benjamites; Wives Provided for the Benjamites. B. C. 1409. 1 Now the...
Judges 21:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Judges 21:9 - 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 21:9 - 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 21:9 - 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 21:9 - 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 21:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Expedition Against Jabesh-Gilead

Judges 21:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 21:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Judges 21:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Judges 21:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 21:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Judges 21:9 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Judges 21:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Judges 21:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Judges 21:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Judges 21:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Judges 21:9 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 21:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judges 21:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Judges 21:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 21:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Judges 21:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 21:9 - The Biblical Illustrator

Judges 21:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann