Judges 20:42
“Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and them which came out of the cities they destroyed in the midst of them.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Thus they enclosed the Benjaminites round about,.... Surrounded them on all sides, the army of Israel being posted in…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
The way of the wilderness - i. e., the wilderness which extended from Jericho to the hills of Bethel. Them which came…
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
unto the way of the wilderness in the direction of the barren hilly region, E. of Gibeah, which descends from the…
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