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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Gill's Exposition
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…
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…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
deliver up the men … that we may put them to death Similarly 1Sa 11:12.
the sons of Belial See on Jdg 19:22.
put away evil Read the evil, lit. burn up, consume the evil; a frequent expression in…
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