Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Judges 21:13
Verse Judges 21:13. And to call peaceably unto them.] To proclaim peace to them; to assure them that the enmity was all over, and that they might with safety leave their strong hold.
Verse Judges 21:13. And to call peaceably unto them.] To proclaim peace to them; to assure them that the enmity was all over, and that they might with safety leave their strong hold.
CHAPTER 21 THE REPENTANCE ABOUT BENJAMIN _ 1. Sorrow of the people and Jabesh-Gilead smitten (Judges 21:1)_ 2. The restoration of Benjamin (Judges 21:16) A tribe of the nation was almost entirely ex...
JUDES 21. BENJAMIN SAVED FROM EXTINCTION. Two versions of this story have been editorially combined. The second is evidently the older. It was stated that the children of Israel came together as one m...
CALL PEACEABLY. proclaim peace....
_in the rock of Rimmon_ Cf. Judges 20:45....
_Wives for the Benjamites Judges 21:8-25_ 8 And they said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel that came not up to Mizpeh to the Lord? And, behold, there came none to the camp from Jabesh-gilead...
_FOR THE PEOPLE WERE NUMBERED, AND, BEHOLD, THERE WERE NONE OF THE INHABITANTS OF JABESH-GILEAD THERE._ No JFB commentary on these verses....
THE MIGRATIONS OF THE DANITES, AND THE FEUD BETWEEN BENJAMIN AND THE OTHER TRIBES (JUDGES 17-21) This concluding section is really an appendix. Instead of describing a further deliverance, it recounts...
CALL PEACEABLY] RV 'proclaim peace.' 14. 200 survivors were still left unprovided for....
LIFE WITHOUT LAW JUDGES _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 21 V1 *Israel’s men had made this serious promise to the *Lord at Mizpah. ‘We will not allow our daughters to marry a man from Benjamin’s *tribe.’ V...
TO CALL PEACEABLY — i.e., proclaim peace....
וַֽ יִּשְׁלְחוּ֙ כָּל ־הָ֣ עֵדָ֔ה וַֽ יְדַבְּ
Judges 20:1; Judges 21:1 FROM JUSTICE TO WILD REVENGE Judges 19:1; Judges 20:1;...
Uninstructed zeal, even in the cause of righteousness, often goes beyond its proper limits. The terrible carnage continued until not above six hundred men of the tribe of Benjamin were left. Another o...
The other 11 tribes had sworn, perhaps rashly, they would not give their daughters to the men of Benjamin. With the war now ended, they went up to the house of God and wept. They were concerned that a...
And the whole congregation (e) sent [some] to speak to the children of Benjamin that [were] in the rock Rimmon, and to call peaceably unto them. (e) That is, about four months after the punishment, ...
_Them, the messengers to, &c. Hebrew, "and to make unto them a proclamation of peace." (Haydock)_...
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 punish them, for not coming up against Gibeah....
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 THE WHOLE CONGREGATION SENT SOME TO SPEAK TO THE CHILDREN OF BENJAMIN,.... Sent some messengers to them, to call them, and desire them to come to them: THAT WERE IN THE ROCK RIMMON; the six hundr...
And the whole congregation sent [some] to speak to the children of Benjamin that [were] in the rock Rimmon, and to call peaceably unto them. Ver. 13. _And to call peaceably unto them._] God retaineth...
1 The people bewaile the desolation of Beniamin. 8 By the destruction of Iabesh Gilead they prouide them foure hundred wiues. 16 They aduise them to surprise the virgines that daunced at Shiloh. 1...
And the whole congregation sent some, envoys, TO SPEAK TO THE CHILDREN OF BENJAMIN THAT WERE IN THE ROCK RIMMON, AND TO CALL PEACEABLY UNTO THEM, to assure them of their peaceful intentions....
The Expedition Against Jabesh-Gilead...
TWO FOOLISH OATHS AND FOOLISH ACTIONS (vv. 1-14) God had not told Israel to totally destroy Benjamin, including women and children, but Israel had done this except for the 600 men hiding in the Rock...
TO SPEAK: _ Heb._ and spake and called CALL: Or, proclaim peace...
No text from Poole on this verse....
Judges 21:13 congregation H5712 sent H7971 (H8799) word H1696 (H8762) children H1121 Benjamin H1144 rock H5553 Rimmo
‘And the whole congregation sent and spoke to the children of Benjamin who were in the Rock of Rimmon, and proclaimed peace to them. And Benjamin returned at that time, and they gave them the women wh...
CONTENTS: Mourning for the lost tribe of Benjamin. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: There may be overdoing in well doing. Great care must be taken in the government of our zeal, for even necessary justic...
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 Elijah officiated at those altars. Yea, more; the Lord'...
_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 judgment (Jeremiah 4:2), not when transported with pass...
A GREAT CALAMITY PREVENTED (Judges 21:1.) _HOMILETICS_ 1. _Zeal is always right in denouncing sin_. It would have showed a lamentable lack of the reverence due to the God of Israel, if such a hideo...
Now, these men [in chapter twenty-one, had made an oath] they had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin for a wife (Judges 21:1). These Benjamites do these...
Deuteronomy 20:10; Ephesians 2:17; Isaiah 57:19; Joshua 15:32;...