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- Chapter 20
- Verse 40
Judges 20:40
“But when the flame began to arise up out of the city with a pillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them, and, behold, the flame of the city ascended up to heaven.”
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Commentary
Trusted original commentary from respected historical Bible scholars and theologians.
Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And when the men of Israel turned again,.... Turned their faces to the Benjaminites, on whom they had turned their…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Judges 20:26-48
We have here a full account of the complete victory which the Israelites obtained over the Benjamites in the third…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
looked behind them Cf. Jos 8:20. It almost seems as if the account of the capture of Ai by a similar stratagem had…
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