Judges 20:25

And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day, and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again eighteen thousand men; all these drew the sword.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Benjamin	בִנְיָמִ֨ן vin.ya.Min	H1144	Binjamin · proper noun, a man's name
forth	וַיֵּצֵא֩ vai.ye.Tze'	H3318	to go (causatively · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
against	קִרְאָה qirʼâh	H7125	an encountering
Gibeah	הַגִּבְעָה֮ ha.giv.'Ah	H1390	Gibah · definite article + proper noun, a place name
second	הַשֵּׁנִי֒ ha.she.Ni	H8145	properly · definite article + ordinal number, masculine singular absolute
day	בַּיּ֣וֹם bai.Yom	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
down	וַיַּשְׁחִיתוּ֩ vai.yash.chi.Tu	H7843	to decay · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
ground	אָ֑רְצָה 'A.re.tzah	H776	the earth (at large · noun, common feminine singular absolute + directional suffix
children	בִבְנֵ֨י viv.Nei	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name
eighteen	שְׁמֹנַ֨ת she.mo.Nat	H8083	a cardinal number · noun, common both genders singular construct
thousand	אֶ֛לֶף 'E.lef	H505	hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alph… · noun, common both genders singular construct
men	אִ֖ישׁ 'ish	H376	a man as an individual or a male person · noun, common masculine singular absolute
drew	שֹׁ֥לְפֵי Sho.le.fei	H8025	to pull out · verb, qal active participle, masculine plural construct
sword	חָֽרֶב Cha.rev	H2719	drought · noun, common feminine singular absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Judges 20:21 And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites that day twenty and two thousand m…
Romans 11:33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
Genesis 18:25 That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that b…
Job 9:12-13 Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou?
Psalms 97:2 Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.
Romans 2:5 But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgme…
Romans 3:5 But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man)

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 20:18-25

We have here the defeat of the men of Israel in their first and second battle with the Benjamites. I. Before their first engagement they asked counsel of God concerning the order of their battle and were directed, and yet they were sorely beaten. They did not think it was proper to ask of God whether they should go up at all against Benjamin (the case was plain enough, the men of Gibeah must be punished for their wickedness, and Israel must inflict the punishment or it will not be done), but "Who shall go first?" (Jdg 20:18), that is, "Who shall be general of our army?" for, which soever tribe was appointed to go first, the prince of that tribe must be looked upon as commander-in-chief of th…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 20:18

THE ISRAELITES LOSE FORTY THOUSAND. (Jdg 20:18-28) the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God--This consultation at Shiloh was right. But they ought to have done it at the commencement of their proceedings. Instead of this, all their plans were formed, and never doubting, it would seem, that the war was just and inevitable, the only subject of their inquiry related to the precedency of the tribes--a point which it is likely was discussed in the assembly. Had they asked counsel of God sooner, their expedition would have been conducted on a different principle--most probably by reducing the number of fighting men, as in the case of Gideon's army. As it was, the vast number…

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John Gill on Judges 20:25

And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day,.... Flushed with the victory they had obtained the day before: and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again eighteen thousand men, all these drew the sword, were armed men; this, with the 22,000 slain the day preceding, made 40,000; the same number singled out from among them by lot to provide food for them, and is thought by some to be the case Deborah refers to, Judges 5:8 and is what is certainly intended in Hosea 10:9.

Dictionary and topics

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

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 20:25

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 20:18-25

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 20:18

John Gill on Judges 20:25

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Judges 20:25

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 20:18-25

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 20:18

John Gill on Judges 20:25

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Judges 20:24-25

Rashi on Judges 20:21