PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible — Judges
Gill, John, 1697-1771 · 137,835 words · 348 reading sections
Judges 19:3
Judges 19:3 Ver. 3. And her husband arose,.... From the place where he lived: and went after her; to Bethlehemjudah, where her father lived: to speak comfortably to her "or to her heart" {l}; having heard perhaps that she repented of her sin, or if it was only upon a quarrel between them, his anger might cool and su…
260 wordsSECTION 302Judges 19:4
Judges 19:4 Ver. 4. And his father in law, the damsel's father, retained him,.... Prevailed upon him to stay some time with him: and he abode with him three days; it seems as if he agreed to stay with him so long, and that time he stayed contentedly: so they did eat and drink, and lodged there; the Levite and his se…
79 wordsSECTION 303Judges 19:5
Judges 19:5 Ver. 5. And it came to pass on the fourth day,.... The time the Levite had agreed to stay being up: when they arose early in the morning the Levite, his concubine and servant, in order to set out on their journey: that he arose to depart; the Levite rose up from his seat to take his leave of his father-in…
180 wordsSECTION 304Judges 19:6
Judges 19:6 Ver. 6. And they sat down,.... Not only sat down upon their seats again, the Levite having rose up in order to go away, but sat down at table: and did eat and drink both of them together; both the Levite and his father-in-law; and it appears by this, and what follows, that the Levite did not take only a s…
144 wordsSECTION 305Judges 19:7
Judges 19:7 Ver. 7. And when the man rose up to depart,.... Rose up from table, having ate and drank sufficiently, in order to depart the house, and proceed on his journey: his father in law urged him; with much entreaty, and earnest solicitations, that he would stay all night with him: therefore he lodged there aga…
67 wordsSECTION 306Judges 19:8
Judges 19:8 Ver. 8. And he rose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart,.... With a full intention to take his leave of his father, and be gone: and the damsel's father said, comfort thine heart, I pray thee; with a meal's meat, with a breakfast, before he set out on his journey, that he might be heartier and…
158 wordsSECTION 307Judges 19:9
Judges 19:9 Ver. 9. And when the man rose up to depart, he and his concubine, and his servant,.... Rose up from table, having comfortably refreshed themselves: his father in law, the damsel's father, said unto him, behold, now the day draweth towards evening; or is "remiss", or "weak" {n}; that is, the heat, light, a…
277 wordsSECTION 308Judges 19:10
Judges 19:10 Ver. 10. But the man would not tarry that night,.... He was determined upon his journey; he perceived there was no end of the solicitations of his father-in-law, and did not know how long he intended to detain him, and therefore was resolved not to hearken to him any longer: but he rose up and departed; …
262 wordsSECTION 309Judges 19:11
Judges 19:11 Ver. 11. And when they were by Jebus the day was far spent,.... Or "was gone down very much" {q}, the sun was going down apace, and near setting: and the servant said unto his master, come, I pray thee: he proposed it to him in a submissive manner, and might use some entreaty for his master's good and sa…
229 wordsSECTION 310Judges 19:12
Judges 19:12 Ver. 12. And his master said unto him, we will not turn aside hither into the city of a stranger,.... A city of the children of the Gentiles, as the Targum, as the Jebusites were, being one of the seven nations of the land of Canaan, who were to be dispossessed and destroyed; and which, one would think, h…
3,712 wordsSECTION 311Judges 20:1
Judges 20:1 INTRODUCTION TO JUDGES 20 This chapter relates, how that there was an assembly of the children of Israel at Mizpeh, upon what had happened to the concubine of the Levite, where he appeared and related the whole affair to them, Jud 20:1 upon which they unanimously agreed to chastise the inhabitants of Gibe…
513 wordsSECTION 312Judges 20:2
Judges 20:2 Ver. 2. And the chief of all the people,.... The princes of the tribes and heads of families, rulers of thousands, and hundreds, and fifties, and tens; or the "corners" {c}, who were like the corner stones in a building, which are not only the most valuable and ornamental, but the strength of the building,…
250 wordsSECTION 313Judges 20:3
Judges 20:3 Ver. 3. Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to Mizpeh,.... Having no doubt the same notice the rest of the tribes had; but the thing complained of being done in their tribe, and by some of it, they might be willing to screen the delinquents, or were careless about an…
205 wordsSECTION 314Judges 20:4
Judges 20:4 Ver. 4. And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was slain, answered, and said,.... He rose up, and, in answer to their request, declared the whole affair as follows: and none so proper as he, who was upon the spot when it was done, and so near a relation of the deceased, and had a right to demand jus…
206 wordsSECTION 315Judges 20:5
Judges 20:5 Ver. 5. And the men of Gibeah rose against me,.... Not all of them, but some that dwelt in that city; he forbears giving them the character they justly deserved, sons of Belial. These came in a tumultuous and violent manner, and beset the house round about upon me by night; that he might not make his esca…
223 wordsSECTION 316Judges 20:6
Judges 20:6 Ver. 6. And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces,.... Lest it should be thought that these barbarous creatures, after they had used her in such a manner that occasioned her death, that they had committed this fact also; the Levite takes it to himself, and owns that he did that: and sent her througho…
118 wordsSECTION 317Judges 20:7
Judges 20:7 Ver. 7. Behold, ye are all children of Israel,.... The descendants of one man that feared the Lord; were of one nation, and of one religion, men professing godliness, and therefore ought to bear testimony against sin and wickedness of every sort, and especially such crying abominations as these: give your…
111 wordsSECTION 318Judges 20:8
Judges 20:8 Ver. 8. And all the people arose as one man,.... Either the heads of the people assembled in council, all agreed unanimously in one vote or resolution, or all the 400,000 men were of the same mind, when the case was reported to them: saying, we will not any of us go to his tent, neither will we any of us …
108 wordsSECTION 319Judges 20:9
Judges 20:9 Ver. 9. But now this shall be the thing which we will do to Gibeah,.... Where the fact was done; what follows was proposed by some, and unanimously agreed to by all: we will go up by lot against it; cast lots who shall go up to it and demand satisfaction for the offence committed; and if denied, to act in…
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Judges 20:10 Ver. 10. And we will take ten men of an hundred, throughout all the tribes of Israel,.... Excepting that of Benjamin which was not with them, not any of them: and a hundred out of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand; in all 40,000, out of the 400,000: to fetch victual for the people; ten men …
233 wordsSECTION 321Judges 20:11
Judges 20:11 Ver. 11. So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city,.... Of Gibeah, even 360,000 men: knit together as one man; went heart and hand together, united in their sentiments and resolutions, determining to have justice done, or lose their lives in this cause: according to the Jews {e}, this was o…
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Judges 20:12 Ver. 12. And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribes of Benjamin,.... Meaning the families of Benjamin; for as sometimes a tribe is called a family, Jos 7:17 so a family is called a tribe; and there were ten families in the tribe of Benjamin, according to the number of his sons, the fathers o…
287 wordsSECTION 323Judges 20:13
Judges 20:13 Ver. 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 t…
193 wordsSECTION 324Judges 20:14
Judges 20:14 Ver. 14. But the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities unto Gibeah,.... To protect and defend it against the other tribes, being a city of theirs and where the persons charged with the crime lived; these got together thither out of the several cities of the tribe of Benjamin,…
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Judges 20:15 Ver. 15. And the children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out of the cities,.... All that they could muster up, and gather together out of their several cities, were no more man than twenty and six thousand men that drew the sword able bodied men fit for war, and expert in it: beside the inhabita…
246 wordsSECTION 326Judges 20:16
Judges 20:16 Ver. 16. Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded,.... According to Ben Gersom, these were the seven hundred men of Gibeah; but this does not appear from the text, but, on the contrary, that these were among all the people; or there were so many to be selected out of them all, …
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Judges 20:17 Ver. 17. And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin,.... Who did not join them in this affair, but opposed them, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: see…
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Judges 20:18 Ver. 18. And the children of Israel arose,.... From Mizpeh, where they were assembled, having heard that the Benjaminites were gathered together to defend the men of Gibeah: and went up to the house of God; to the tabernacle which was in Shiloh, Jud 18:31, see Jos 18:1 though the Targum takes Bethel for …
4,749 wordsSECTION 329Judges 21:1
Judges 21:1 INTRODUCTION TO JUDGES 21 This chapter relates how that when the Israelites calmed down, and seriously to reflect on what had passed, they were sore grieved, and much lamented the case of Benjamin, and were particularly concerned what they should do for wives for those few men that remained, that the trib…
307 wordsSECTION 330Judges 21:2
Judges 21:2 Ver. 2. And the people came to the house of God,.... Not to the city Bethel, as the Targum, Septuagint, and other versions, but to Shiloh, where were the tabernacle and ark; and this is to be understood of the army after they had utterly destroyed the Benjaminites: hence we read of the camp in Shiloh, Jud …
164 wordsSECTION 331Judges 21:3
Judges 21:3 Ver. 3. And said, O Lord God of Israel,.... Jehovah, the only living and true God, the Being of beings, eternal, immutable, omnipotent and omnipresent, the God of all Israel, of the twelve tribes of Israel, their covenant God and Father; who had shown favour to them in such a peculiar and gracious manner, …
234 wordsSECTION 332Judges 21:4
Judges 21:4 Ver. 4. And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people rose early,.... The day after their fasting and prayer, and a sense of their present case and circumstances being deeply impressed upon their minds, they rose early in the morning to acts of devotion, and exercises of religion, hoping that being in…
260 wordsSECTION 333Judges 21:5
Judges 21:5 Ver. 5. And the children of Israel said,.... One to another, after they had offered their sacrifices, and while they were together in Shiloh: who is there among all the tribes of Israel, that came not up with the congregation unto the Lord? when they were summoned to come to Mizpeh, to consult together ab…
98 wordsSECTION 334Jud 21:18
Jud 21:18 concerning him that came not up to the Lord to Mizpeh: not about him who did not go out to battle against Benjamin, nor about every individual that did not come to consult about it; but every city that did not send their proper representatives or quota to assist in that affair: he shall surely be put to dea…
77 wordsSECTION 335Judges 21:6
Judges 21:6 Ver. 6. And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother,.... Not that they went to war with them, as if their cause was not good; but for the severity they had exercised towards them, especially in destroying their women and children, and for the fatal consequences like to follow here a…
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Judges 21:7 Ver. 7. How shall we do for wives for them that remain,.... By which it seems, as well as by what is after related, that they knew of the six hundred men hid in the rock Rimmon: seeing we have sworn by the Lord; by the Word of the Lord, as the Targum; and such an oath with them was a sacred thing, and to …
138 wordsSECTION 337Judges 21:8
Judges 21:8 Ver. 8. And they said, what one is there of the tribes of Israel that came not up to Mizpeh to the Lord?.... This is asked not only to bring them to justice, and put them to death, according to their oath, who should be found guilty, Jud 21:5 but as an expedient to find wives for the surviving Benjaminites…
205 wordsSECTION 338Judges 21:9
Judges 21:9 Ver. 9. For the people were numbered,.... To know who did come up, and who did not, and particularly to know whether the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead did or not, against whom an information was brought: and, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead there; for as yet none that came had ret…
106 wordsSECTION 339Judges 21:10
Judges 21:10 Ver. 10. And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the valiantest,.... That were in their army; in the Vulgate Latin version it is only 10,000; but the Targum, Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic versions, and Josephus {c}, agree with the Hebrew text. This place, according to Bunting, to which t…
128 wordsSECTION 340Judges 21:11
Judges 21:11 Ver. 11. And this is the thing that ye shall do,.... Which they gave them in charge to execute: ye shall utterly destroy every male; without any reserve, young or old, married or unmarried: and every woman that hath lain by man; whether lawfully or unlawfully, in a married or unmarried state.…
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Judges 21:12 Ver. 12. And they found among the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead four hundred young virgins,.... Or damsel virgins {e}; damsels that were virgins: that had known no man by lying with any male: which was judged of by their age, and by their unmarried state, and by common report, unless it can be thought they …
230 wordsSECTION 342Judges 21:13
Judges 21:13 Ver. 13. And the whole congregation sent some to speak to the children of Benjamin,.... Sent some messengers to them, to call them, and desire them to come to them: that were in the rock Rimmon; the six hundred men who had hid themselves in a cave in it, of which the people of Israel were informed: and …
105 wordsSECTION 343Judges 21:14
Judges 21:14 Ver. 14. And Benjamin came again at that time,.... The six hundred Benjaminites returned with the messengers at the same time to the people of Israel, putting confidence in the assurances they had given them of peace and safety: and they gave them wives which they had saved alive of the women of Jabeshgi…
230 wordsSECTION 344Judges 21:15
Judges 21:15 Ver. 15. And the people repented them for Benjamin,.... That they had destroyed all their women, and that they had saved no more of the daughters of Jabeshgilead, not a sufficient number to be wives to the Benjaminites: because the Lord had made a breach in the tribes of Israel; by almost destroying one …
83 wordsSECTION 345Judges 21:16
Judges 21:16 Ver. 16. Then the elders of the congregation said.... This being the case, that there were not wives enough for them, they were obliged to consult again, and consider of another expedient to provide for them; and this motion came from the elders of the people, not only in years, but in office: how shall …
134 wordsSECTION 346Judges 21:17
Judges 21:17 Ver. 17. And they said, there must be an inheritance for them that be escaped Benjamin,.... The escaped are the six hundred men in the rock Rimmon; four hundred of them were supplied with wives, the other two wanted; and as there was an inheritance divided by lot to the tribe of Benjamin, to that tribe an…
169 wordsSECTION 347Judges 21:18
Judges 21:18 Ver. 18. Howbeit, we may not give them wives of our daughters,.... Though their case was so very necessitous and desperate: for the children of Israel have sworn, saying, cursed be he that giveth a wife to Benjamin, Jud 21:1 and therefore without the violation of their oath could not give any of their da…
73 wordsSECTION 348Judges 21:19
Judges 21:19 Ver. 19. Then they said,.... Some of the elders that sat in council debating this matter, and considering of ways and means to assist their brethren the Benjaminites, and preserve their tribe from being lost: behold, there is a feast of the Lord in Shiloh yearly; where the tabernacle then was, and before…
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