Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded ; every one could sling stones at an hair breadth, and not miss.
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Gill's Exposition
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…
Comparing the numbers here with those in Num. 1; 26, it is seen that in the case both of the Benjamites and the Israelites the numbers are diminished by about one-third, i. e., they appear as about…
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…
Cambridge Bible
Then, keeping the text of this v.as it stands, we are told that the Benjamite host included a company of 700 left-handed and exceptionally skilful warriors, just as David's army was strengthened by a…
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