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Judges 20:39 KJV
Judges · chapter 20 · verse 39
And when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin began to smite and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons: for they said, Surely they are smitten down before us, as in the first battle.Judges 20:39 · King James Version
Judges 20:39 in context
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.
39And when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin began to smite and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons: for they said, Surely they are smitten down before us, as in the first battle.
40But 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.
41And when the men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjamin were amazed: for they saw that evil was come upon them.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- BenjaminBinyâmîynBinjamin, youngest son of JacobH1144 →
- retiredhâphakto turn about or overH2015 →
- personsʼîysha man as an individual or a male personH376 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- battlemilchâmâha battleH4421 →
- thirtyshᵉlôwshîymthirtyH7970 →
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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