Judges 20:26

House of God] RV 'Bethel.' Burnt offerings.. peace offerings] Sacrifices in which the whole was consumed on the altar, and sacrifices in which part was eaten by the worshippers at a common meal.

27, 28. This parenthesis is added to explain why Bethel was visited, and not Shiloh, as might have been expected from the statements made in Joshua 18:10 and 1 Samuel 4:3. If the note about Phinehas is correct, these events must have taken place in the first generation after Joshua.

30-48. The destruction of Benjamin.

31. The same stratagem as that which had proved successful at Ai (Joshua 8:16). House of God] RV 'Bethel,' as in Judges 20:26.