Judges 20:35
And the LORD smote Benjamin before Israel: and the children of Israel destroyed of the Benjamites that day twenty and five thousand and an hundred men: all these drew the sword.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten,.... Their forces broken and worsted, many being killed:
for the men of Israel gave place to the Benjaminites; at first, and made as if they…
We have here a full account of the complete victory which the Israelites obtained over the Benjamites in the third engagement: the righteous cause was victorious at last, when the managers of it…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
As elsewhere the account of the battle is brought to an end with a summing up of the numbers slain, Jdg 20:20; Jdg 20:20; Jdg 20:20, Jdg 3:29; Jos 8:25. For the numbers see on Jdg 20:20. This later…