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Judges 20:1 KJV
Judges · chapter 20 · verse 1
Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh.Judges 20:1 · King James Version
Judges 20:1 in context
1Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh.
2And the chief of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword.
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?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- congregationʻêdâha stated assemblageH5712 →
- BeershebaBᵉʼêr ShebaʻBeer-Sheba, a place in PalestineH884 →
- childrenbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- togetherqâhalto convokeH6950 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- GileadGilʻâdGilad, a region East of the JordanH1568 →
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Here is, I. A general meeting of all the congregation of Israel to examine the matter concerning the Levite's concubine, and to consider what was to be done upon it, Jdg 20:1, Jdg 20:2.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-11