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Judges 20:45 KJV
Judges · chapter 20 · verse 45
And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon: and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men; and pursued hard after them unto Gidom, and slew two thousand men of them.Judges 20:45 · King James Version
Judges 20:45 in context
43Thus they inclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased them, and trode them down with ease over against Gibeah toward the sunrising.
44And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these were men of valour.
45And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon: and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men; and pursued hard after them unto Gidom, and slew two thousand men of them.
46So that all which fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and five thousand men that drew the sword; all these were men of valour.
47But six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness unto the rock Rimmon, and abode in the rock Rimmon four months.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- wildernessmidbâra pastureH4057 →
- highwaysmᵉçillâha thoroughfare , literally or figurativelyH4546 →
- thousandʼelephhence a thousandH505 →
- gleanedʻâlalto effect thoroughlyH5953 →
- pursueddâbaqproperly, to impingeH1692 →
- turnedpânâhto turnH6437 →
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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