George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Judges 20:11
With, &c. This is added to explain. (Calmet) --- Hebrew, "united as one man. " (Haydock)
With, &c. This is added to explain. (Calmet) --- Hebrew, "united as one man. " (Haydock)
CHAPTER 20 THE HORRIBLE WAR _ 1. The Levite's story (Judges 20:1)_ 2. The uprising (Judges 20:8) 3. The slaying of the Israelites (Judges 20:12) 4. Benjamin exterminated except six hundred men ...
JUDGES 20. THE OUTRAGE AVENGED.The congregation (LXX Synagô gç) is a post-exilic term. The words as one man suggest a unity of action such as was not secured till long after the time of the Judges. Th...
_the city_ must be Gibeah. _knit together_ lit. _united, associated_, emphasizing the common action. The word is used in Ezekiel 37:16; Ezekiel 37:19 for the association of the tribes, and another for...
_The War Against the Benjamites Judges 20:1-14_ Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, with the land _of_ Gilead...
_SO ALL THE MEN OF ISRAEL WERE GATHERED AGAINST THE CITY, KNIT TOGETHER AS ONE MAN._ No JFB commentary on these verses....
THE SLAUGHTER OF THE BENJAMITES The Levite recounts his wrongs to a full assemblage of the tribes, who decree punishment upon Benjamin. Their first two attacks are unsuccessful, but the third results...
LIFE WITHOUT LAW JUDGES _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 20 V1 Then all the *Israelites from Dan to Beersheba came to meet together. They also came from the area called Gilead. They all met at Mizpah, wher...
KNIT TOGETHER AS ONE MAN. — The Hebrew word for “knit together” (marg., _fellows_) is _chabeerim._ It means that they were all as united as if they belonged to one _cheber,_ or club. It is the spirit...
וַ יֵּֽאָסֵ֞ף כָּל ־אִ֤ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אֶל ־ה
Judges 20:1; Judges 21:1 FROM JUSTICE TO WILD REVENGE Judges 19:1; Judges 20:1;...
The action of the Levite served its purpose. The nation was stirred momentarily to its center. A great moral passion flamed out. Underneath all the degeneracy was a true stratum of religious convictio...
The Levite took her body back home and used the knife he used to slaughter animals to cut the body into twelve pieces to send to all the tribes of Israel. He invited all the tribes to consider the ter...
Oh! that all the tribes of Jesus were so consolidated in his cause, and so united to him, their great head, and to each other as the members of his mystical body: what might not be expected in their z...
My object being no more than a sketch, as most of you know, I desire to say but a few words on such of the Chapter s as bear a similar character to that which has been already pointed out in the early...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 17 THROUGH 21. The Chapter s that follow (17-21) are not comprised in the historical order of this book. They lift the veil to disclose some incidents of the...
SO ALL THE MEN OF ISRAEL WERE GATHERED AGAINST THE CITY,.... Of Gibeah, even 360,000 men: KNIT TOGETHER AS ONE MAN; went heart and hand together, united in their sentiments and resolutions, determini...
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 i...
1 The Leuite in a generall assembly declareth his wrong. 8 The decree of the assembly. 12 The Beniamites being cited, make head against the Israelites. 18 The Israelites in two battels loose fourty...
So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together, a unit in fellowship, AS ONE MAN, firmly resolved to see this thing through to an end which would please Jehovah and remove the...
THE BENJAMITES REFUSE TO DELIVER UP THE GUILTY...
KNIT TOGETHER: _ Heb._ fellows...
No text from Poole on this verse....
Judges 20:11 men H376 Israel H3478 gathered H622 (H8735) city H5892 together H2270 one H259 man H376...
‘ So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man.' “ALL THE MEN OF ISRAEL.” That is all who had gathered. The army was gathered as agreed, and they were all one in...
CONTENTS: Civil war in which the Benjamites are punished. CHARACTERS: God, a Levite, Phinehas. CONCLUSION: We cannot expect the presence of God with us in our enterprises unless we seek it by humblin...
Judges 20:11. _All the men of Israel were knit together._ Why had they not assembled against Micah and his chapel of gods? Then this and other evils might have been prevented. This was a just and nece...
_The men of Israel turned again upon the children of BenJamin._ FROM JUSTICE TO WILD REVENGE It may be asked how, while polygamy was practised among the Israelites, the sin of Gibeah could rouse such...
JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 20:1 Gibeah was a Benjaminite city, and so an assembly of all Israel came together at Mizpah to take action against Benjamin (vv. Judges 20:1). The Benjaminites, who apparently w...
THE CRY FOR VENGEANCE (Judges 20:1.) _HOMILETICS_ 1. _This cry was universal_ (Judges 20:1). “From Dan to Beershebah, with Gilead.” There was not a dissentient voice. 2. _They were in earnest_ (Ju...
EXPOSITION JUDGES 20:1 WENT OUT, _i.e._ from their several homes to the place of meeting. THE CONGREGATION. The technical term (not, however, found in Samuel and Kings, except in 1 Kings 12:20) for t...
Now it had what he hoped it would have. It had a shock effect upon the tribes. They were horrified to get part of a torso, a leg, an arm, a head and they gathered together and this man told them the e...
1 Chronicles 12:17; 1 Samuel 18:1; 2 Chronicles 5:13; Ecclesiastes 4:10;...