Judges 21:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And said, O LORD God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to day one tribe lacking in Israel? Why is this come to pass - This was a very impertinent question. They knew well enough how it came to pass. It was right that the men of Gibeah should be punished, and it was right that they who vindicated them should share in that punishment; but they carried their revenge too far, they endeavored to exterminate both man and beast, Judges 20:48.