Judges 20:13

Now therefore deliver us the men, the children of Belial, which are in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from Israel. But the children of Benjamin would not hearken to the voice of their brethren the children of Israel.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
deliver	תְּנוּ֩ te.Nu	H5414	to give · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine plural
men	הָאֲנָשִׁ֨ים ha.'a.na.Shim	H582	a man in general (singly or collectively) · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
children	בְּנֵֽי be.nei-	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine plural construct
Belial	בְלִיַּ֜עַל ve.li.Ya.'al	H1100	without profit · noun, common masculine singular absolute
Gibeah	בַּגִּבְעָה֙ ba.giv.'Ah	H1390	Gibah · preposition with the article + proper noun, a place name
death	וּנְמִיתֵ֔ם u.ne.mi.Tem	H4191	to die (literally or figuratively) · conjunction + verb, hiphil, 1st person common plural + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
away	וּנְבַעֲרָ֥ה u.ne.va.'a.Rah	H1197	to kindle · conjunction + verb, piel infinitive construct, 1st person common plural
evil	רָעָ֖ה ra.'Ah	H7451	bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral) · noun, common feminine singular absolute
Israel	מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֑ל mi.Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · preposition + proper noun, a place name
children	אָבוּ֙בְּנֵ֣י 'a.Vube.nei	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural + noun, common masculine plural construct
Benjamin	בִּנְיָמִ֔ן bin.ya.Min	H1144	Binjamin · proper noun, a man's name
would	אָבָה ʼâbâh	H14	to breathe after
hearken	לִשְׁמֹ֕עַ lish.Mo.a'	H8085	to hear intelligently (often with implication of attent… · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
voice	בְּק֖וֹל be.Kol	H6963	a voice or sound · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
brethren	אֲחֵיהֶ֥ם 'a.chei.Hem	H251	a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relation… · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
children	בְּנֵֽי be.nei-	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine plural construct
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵֽל Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name

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Cross-references

Deuteronomy 17:12 And the man that will do presumptuously, and will not hearken unto the priest that standeth to minister there before the LORD thy God, or un…
Deuteronomy 13:13 Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and se…
Judges 19:22 Now as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about, and beat at th…
Deuteronomy 13:5 And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn you away from the LORD your God, which br…
Deuteronomy 17:7 The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So thou shalt put the evi…
Deuteronomy 19:19 Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you.
Deuteronomy 21:21 And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear,…
Deuteronomy 22:21 Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: be…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 20:12-17

Here is, I. The fair and just demand which the tribes of Israel, now encamped, sent to the tribe of Benjamin, to deliver up the malefactors of Gibeah to justice, Jdg 20:12, Jdg 20:13. If the tribe of Benjamin had come up, as they ought to have done, to the assembly, and agreed with them in their resolution, there would have been none to deal with but the men of Gibeah only, but they, by their absence, taking part with the criminals, application must be made to them all. The Israelites were zealous against the wickedness that was committed, yet they were discreet in their zeal, and did not think it would justify them in falling upon the whole tribe of Benjamin unless they, by refusing to give…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 20:8

THEIR DECREE. (Jdg 20:8-17) all the people arose as one man--The extraordinary unanimity that prevailed shows, that notwithstanding great disorders had broken out in many parts, the people were sound at the core; and remembering their national covenant with God, they now felt the necessity of wiping out so foul a stain on their character as a people. It was resolved that the inhabitants of Gibeah should be subjected to condign punishment. But the resolutions were conditional. For as the common law of nature and nations requires that an inquiry should be made and satisfaction demanded, before committing an act of hostility or vengeance, messengers were despatched through the whole territory…

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John Gill on Judges 20:13

Now, therefore, deliver us the men, the children of Belial, which are in Gibeah,.... Those wicked men that were the authors of that abominable wickedness there committed: that we may put them to death; as they deserved, since they were guilty both of adultery and murder; their meaning is, that they in conjunction with the tribe of Benjamin might condemn them to death and punish them with it, as their crime deserved: and put away evil from Israel; prevent both the spread of such a sinful evil in the nation, encouraged by such examples, and the evil of punishment coming upon them from God, should they let such wickedness pass with impunity: but the children of Benjamin would not hearken to…

Dictionary and topics

Belial — Worthlessness, frequently used in the Old Testament as a proper name. It is first used in Deut. 13:13. In the New Testament it is found only in 2 Cor. 6:15, where it is used as a name of Satan, the…
Congregation — (Heb. kahal), the Hebrew people collectively as a holy community (Num. 15:15). Every circumcised Hebrew from twenty years old and upward was a member of the congregation. Strangers resident in the…
Gibeah — A hill or hill-town, “of Benjamin” (1 Sam. 13:15), better known as “Gibeah of Saul” (11:4; Isa. 10:29). It was here that the terrible outrage was committed on the Levite’s concubine which led to the…
Benjamin, Tribe Of · Almost annihilated for protecting the men of Gibeah — Almost annihilated for protecting the men of Gibeah
Jews, The · Obliged to unite against enemies — Obliged to unite against enemies
Reproof · .Israelites, of the tribe of Benjamin — .Israelites, of the tribe of Benjamin

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Judges 20:13

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 20:12-17

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 20:8

John Gill on Judges 20:13

Dictionary and topics

Judges 20:13

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 20:12-17

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 20:8

John Gill on Judges 20:13

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Judges 20:12-13

Rashi on Judges 20:12