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Judges 20:48 KJV
Judges · chapter 20 · verse 48
And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, as well the men of every city, as the beast, and all that came to hand: also they set on fire all the cities that they came to.Judges 20:48 · King James Version
Judges 20:48 in context
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.
48And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, as well the men of every city, as the beast, and all that came to hand: also they set on fire all the cities that they came to.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- childrenbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- BenjaminBinyâmîynBinjamin, youngest son of JacobH1144 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- smotenâkâhto strikeH5221 →
- swordcherebdroughtH2719 →
- beastbᵉhêmâhproperly, a dumb beastH929 →
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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