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Judges 20:21

Judges 20:21
And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites that day twenty and two thousand men.

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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771

And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah,.... Which was their place of rendezvous, and which they came to…

Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Gibeah, being on a hill, was difficult of access to an attacking army, and gave great advantage to the defenders, who…

Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Judges 20:18-25

We have here the defeat of the men of Israel in their first and second battle with the Benjamites.

I. Before their first…

Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921

The numbers here and in Jdg 20:20 are again prodigious: the Benjamites, without losing a man themselves (as is implied…