Judges 20:40
But when the flame began to arise up out of the city with a pillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them, and, behold, the flame of the city ascended up to heaven.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
And when the men of Israel turned again,.... Turned their faces to the Benjaminites, on whom they had turned their backs; and which they did on hearing the sound of the trumpet, or seeing the flame of…
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
looked behind them Cf. Jos 8:20. It almost seems as if the account of the capture of Ai by a similar stratagem had influenced the present narrative.
the whole of the city Cf. Deu 13:16 -and thou shalt…
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