And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon: and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men; and pursued hard after them unto Gidom, and slew two thousand men of them.
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Gill's Exposition
So that all which fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and thousand men,.... It is before said 25,100 Jdg 20:35 here the one hundred are omitted, and the round number of thousands given, which is no…
Barnes' Notes
Rimmon - A village named “Rummon”, situated on the summit of a conical chalky hill, still exists, and forms a remarkable object in the landscape, visible in all directions. It lies 15 miles north 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…
Cambridge Bible
the rock of Rimmon now Rammôn, rises from the plateau due E. of Beth-el, visible from all sides; it lies rather more than 8 m. N.E. of Tell el-Fûl.
gleaned of them For the figure cf. Jdg 8:2.
unto…
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