Judges 21:11

Deuteronomy 2:34; Numbers 31:17; Numbers 31:18

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ye shall utterly destroy - More exactly, “Ye shall devote to utter destruction,” or “cherem” ( Leviticus 27:28 note).
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 stat...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

man . male. Hebrew. zakar.
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man.
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Every woman that hath lien by man— This exception for the preservation of virgins was received in all nations, and was in time the source of the ma...
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.
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. In...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ye shall utterly destroy. — The verb is tacharîmû — i.e., Ye shall place under the ban ( cherem ) , ye shall devote to destruction. The words...
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 descri...
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 hundre...
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 puni...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And this is the thing that ye shall do ,.... Which they gave them in charge to execute: ye shall utterly destroy every male ; without any reserve,...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And this [is] the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man. Ver. 11. Ye shall utterly de...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ye shall utterly destroy every male , &c. Strange infatuation of the human mind! That they should imagine the Divine Majesty would be more honou...
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 h...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Lamentation for the Benjamites; Wives Provided for the Benjamites. B. C. 1409....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

But not the virgins, as appears from the next verses. It is questionable whether they were not obliged to destroy these also by virtue of their oat...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ And the people sent there twelve eleph men of the most valiant, and commanded them saying, “Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with th...
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 o...
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...
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 ju...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Expedition Against Jabesh-Gilead
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man, in carnal intercourse.

¹¹ And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath laina by man.

Related Commentaries of Judges 21:11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Judges 21:11