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Judges 21:9 KJV
Judges · chapter 21 · verse 9
For the people were numbered, and, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead there.Judges 21:9 · King James Version
Judges 21:9 in context
7How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have sworn by the LORD that we will not give them of our daughters to wives?
8And they said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel that came not up to Mizpeh to the LORD? And, behold, there came none to the camp from Jabeshgilead to the assembly.
9For the people were numbered, and, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead there.
10And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the valiantest, and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the children.
11And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- JabeshgileadYâbêshJobesh, the name of an Israelite and of a place in PalestineH3003 →
- inhabitantsyâshabproperly, to sit downH3427 →
- numberedpâqadto visitH6485 →
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
- noneʼîysha man as an individual or a male personH376 →
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We may observe in these verses, I. The ardent zeal which the Israelites had expressed against the wickedness of the men of Gibeah, as it was countenanced by the tribe of Benjamin. Occasion is here given to mention two instances of their zeal on this occasion, which we did not meet with before: - 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-15