Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Judges 20:3
(Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to Mizpeh.) Then (d) said the children of Israel, Tell [us], how was this wickedness?
(d) To the Levite.
(Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to Mizpeh.) Then (d) said the children of Israel, Tell [us], how was this wickedness?
(d) To the Levite.
Verse Judges 20:3. _TELL_ US, _HOW WAS THIS WICKEDNESS?_] They had heard before, by the messengers he sent with the fragments of his wife's body; but they wish to hear it, in full council, from himsel...
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...
NOW. Note the Figure of speech _Parenthesis_ in this verse. App-6. Mizpeh on the south-west border of Benjamin, not Mizpeh on the east of Jordan (Judges 10:17; Judges 11:11; Judges 11:29). WICKEDNESS....
The first half of the verse interrupts the connexion with Judges 20:1 d; it would be in place before Judges 20:14. The displacement was no doubt caused by the insertion of Judges 20:2;...
_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...
_(NOW THE CHILDREN OF BENJAMIN HEARD THAT THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL WERE GONE UP TO MIZPEH.) THEN SAID THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, TELL US, HOW WAS THIS WICKEDNESS?_ Now the children of Benjamin heard. Some...
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...
MIZPEH] not the place in Gilead mentioned in Judges 11:11, but on a hill about two hours' journey NW. from Jerusalem. 12-29. The defeats of the Israelites. 12. The responsibility for the outrage is...
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...
HEARD. — Probably the Benjamites had received the same summons as the other tribes (see Judges 19:29), but insolently refused to notice the summons. Tell us. — Literally, _Tell ye us._ The request is...
וַֽ יִּשְׁמְעוּ֙ בְּנֵ֣י בִנְיָמִ֔ן כִּֽי ־עָל֥וּ...
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...
_Levite. Hebrew and Septuagint do not say that the discourse was addressed to him; but he was the most interested, and capable of giving a true account. Hebrew, "The said the children of Israel, Relat...
(Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to Mizpeh.) Then said the children of Israel, Tell us, how was this wickedness? If Benjamin had not been grossly sunk in w...
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...
NOW THE CHILDREN OF BENJAMIN HEARD THAT THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL WERE GONE UP TO MIZPEH,.... Having no doubt the same notice the rest of the tribes had; but the thing complained of being done in their t...
__ Judges 20:3 _(Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to Mizpeh.) Then said the children of Israel, Tell [us], how was this wickedness?_ Ver. 3. _Then said the...
_The children of Benjamin heard_ Like persons unconcerned and resolved, they neither went nor sent thither: partly through their own pride and stubbornness; partly because, as they were loath to give...
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...
(Now, the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to Mizpeh.) They knew of the meeting, had probably been invited to attend, but neither sent representatives, nor did they...
THE BENJAMITES REFUSE TO DELIVER UP THE GUILTY...
JUSTICE FOR THE GUILTY REFUSED BY BENJAMIN (vv. 1-13) All the tribes were united in their insistence that judgment must be carried out against those who were guilty of criminal abuse and murder.They...
THE CHILDREN OF BENJAMIN HEARD; like persons unconcerned and resolved, they neither went nor sent thither; partly, from their own pride, and stubbornness, and self-confidence; partly, because as they...
Judges 20:3 children H1121 Benjamin H1144 heard H8085 (H8799) children H1121 Israel H3478 up H5927 (H8804) Mizpah...
Judges 20:3 a ‘Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to Mizpah.' This is a parenthesis. It would hardly seem surprising as they met on Benjaminite territory. But...
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...
Judges 19:22; Luke 12:58; Luke 12:59; Luke 14:31; Luke 14:32;...
Heard — Like persons unconcerned and resolved, they neither went nor sent thither: partly for their own pride, and stubbornness; partly because as they were loth to give up any of their brethren to ju...