Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Judges 20:45
Gleaned — That is, a metaphor from those who gather grapes or corn so clearly and fully, that they leave no relicks for those who come after them.
Gleaned — That is, a metaphor from those who gather grapes or corn so clearly and fully, that they leave no relicks for those who come after them.
Verse Judges 20:45. _UNTO THE ROCK OF RIMMON_] This was some strong place, but where situated is not known. Here they maintained themselves four months, and it was by these alone that the tribe of Ben...
RIMMON - A village named “Rummon”, situated on the summit of a conical chalky hill, still exists, and forms a remarkable object in the landscape, visible in all directions. It lies 15 miles north of J...
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 rock of Rimmon_ now Rammôn, rises from the plateau due E. of Beth-el, visible from all sides; it lies rather more than 8 m. N.E. of Tell el-Fûl. _gleaned of them_ For the figure cf. Judges 8:2....
_The Defeat of the Benjamites Judges 20:24-48_ 24 And the children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin the second day, 25 And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second...
_AND THEY TURNED AND FLED TOWARD THE WILDERNESS UNTO THE ROCK OF RIMMON: AND THEY GLEANED OF THEM IN THE HIGHWAYS FIVE THOUSAND MEN; AND PURSUED HARD AFTER THEM UNTO GIDOM, AND SLEW TWO THOUSAND MEN O...
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...
RIMMON] 3 m. E. of Bethel. GIDOM is unknown....
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...
UNTO THE ROCK OF RIMMON — i.e., of the pomegranate. As the tree is common in Palestine (Numbers 20:25; Deuteronomy 8:8. &c.), the name is naturally common. There was one Rimmon in Zebulon (Joshua 19:1...
וַ יִּפְנ֞וּ וַ יָּנֻ֤סוּ הַ מִּדְבָּ֨רָה֙ אֶ
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 other tribes called upon Benjamin to release to them the wicked men that they might be put to death in accord with the law (Deuteronomy 22:22). By refusing to release them, the rest of the tribe o...
And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon: and they (x) gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men; and pursued hard after them unto Gidom, and slew two thousand me...
_In that. Hebrew, "and they gleaned of them in the highways 5000 men, and pursued them close to Giddom," of which the Vulgate takes no notice. The Roman Septuagint reads "Gedan;" the rest have "Galaad...
Here we see that through the whole the victory was not doubtful. The Lord hereby taught Israel, who perhaps vaunted more upon the strength of their numbers, compared to Benjamin and Gibeah, than simpl...
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...
AND THEY TURNED AND FLED TOWARD THE WILDERNESS, UNTO THE ROCK OF RIMMON,.... Which signifies pomegranate; perhaps it was in the form of one, and may be the same as in 1 Samuel 14:2 where Saul is said...
And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon: and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men; and pursued hard after them unto Gidom, and slew two thousand men of...
_There fell eighteen thousand_ Namely, in the field of battle. _They gleaned of them five thousand_ A metaphor from those who gather grapes or corn so cleanly and fully that they leave no relics for t...
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...
And they turned, trying to escape in another direction, AND FLED TOWARD THE WILDERNESS UNTO THE ROCK OF RIMMON, about fifteen miles north of Jerusalem; AND THEY, the Israelites, GLEANED OF THEM, kille...
THE BENJAMITES DEFEATED AND ALMOST EXTERMINATED...
THEY GLEANED, i.e. they cut off the remainders in the pursuit, and spared none; a metaphor from those who gather grapes or corn so clearly and fitly, that they leave no relics for those who come after...
Judges 20:45 turned H6437 (H8799) fled H5127 (H8799) wilderness H4057 rock H5553 Rimmon H7417 down H5953 ...
Judges 20:45 a ‘And they turned and fled toward the wilderness towards the rock of Rimmon.' This would be a rocky cliff with caves, possibly modern Rammon, eight miles east of Bethel. They knew that...
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 20:18 THE HOUSE OF GOD. In this rendering the A.V. follows the Vulgate, which has _in domum Dei, hoc est, in Silo. _But the Septuagint has Βαιθὴλ, and all the ancient authorities,...
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 6:77; Joshua 15:32; Zechariah 14:10...