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 men.
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Gill's Exposition
And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah,.... Which was their place of rendezvous, and which they came to defend; and in and about which they had stationed their whole army of 26,000 men:…
Barnes' Notes
Gibeah, being on a hill, was difficult of access to an attacking army, and gave great advantage to the defenders, who fought from higher ground, and probably defended a narrow pass, while their…
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…
Cambridge Bible
The numbers here and in Jdg 20:20 are again prodigious: the Benjamites, without losing a man themselves (as is implied in Jdg 20:20; Jdg 20:44-47), kill 40,000 Israelites in the two battles. Why this…
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