So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man.
Ver. 11. Knit together as one man.] Heb., Fellows: resolved to live and die together. The strength of an army is in unity: as the strength of a whale consisteth much in the close knitting of his joints together; one member is tied to another; Job 41:7,8 ; Job 41:14 whence also he is called Leviathan, of Lavah, which signifieth to join, to couple, and to stick together.