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Judges 20:40 KJV
Judges · chapter 20 · verse 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.Judges 20:40 · King James Version
Judges 20:40 in context
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.
42Therefore 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- BenjamitesBen-yᵉmîynîya Benjaminite, or descendent of BenjaminH1145 →
- pillarʻammûwda columnH5982 →
- lookedpânâhto turnH6437 →
- behindʼacharproperly, the hind partH310 →
- flamemasʼêthproperly, a raising , or risingH4864 →
- beganchâlalproperly, to boreH2490 →
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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