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Judges 20:36 KJV
Judges · chapter 20 · verse 36
So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten: for the men of Israel gave place to the Benjamites, because they trusted unto the liers in wait which they had set beside Gibeah.Judges 20:36 · King James Version
Judges 20:36 in context
34And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was sore: but they knew not that evil was near them.
35And the LORD smote Benjamin before Israel: and the children of Israel destroyed of the Benjamites that day twenty and five thousand and an hundred men: all these drew the sword.
36So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten: for the men of Israel gave place to the Benjamites, because they trusted unto the liers in wait which they had set beside Gibeah.
37And the liers in wait hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah; and the liers in wait drew themselves along, and smote all the city with the edge of the sword.
38Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers in wait, that they should make a great flame with smoke rise up out of the city.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- BenjamitesBen-yᵉmîynîya Benjaminite, or descendent of BenjaminH1145 →
- childrenbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- BenjaminBinyâmîynBinjamin, youngest son of JacobH1144 →
- smittennâgaphto push, gore, defeat, stub , inflictH5062 →
- trustedbâṭachfiguratively, to trust, be confident or sureH982 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
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We have here a full account of the complete victory which the Israelites obtained over the Benjamites in the third engagement: the righteous cause was victorious at last, when the managers of it amended what had been amiss; for, when a good cause suffers, it is for want of good management.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 26-48