Judges 20:23
(And the children of Israel went up and wept before the LORD until even, and asked counsel of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up again to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother? And the LORD said, Go up against him.)
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Gill's Exposition
And the children of Israel went up and wept before the Lord until even,.... The evening of the day in which the battle was fought; not that the whole army went up to Shiloh to the house of God there,…
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…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
wept before the Lord Cf. Jdg 20:20; Jdg 2:4; Jdg 21:2. After went upwe should supply to Beth-el, as in Jdg 20:20.
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