Judges 20:48
And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, as well the men of every city, as the beast, and all that came to hand: also they set on fire all the cities that they came to.
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Barnes' Notes
They treated Benjamin as devoted to utter destruction, as Jericho had been Jos 6:17, Jos 6:21, and the whole tribe was all but actually extirpated. We see in the punishment inflicted the same ferocity…
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
This v.(from B) records the destruction of the Benjamites who had not taken part in the conflict.
the entire city The marg. is to be preferred, lit. the city of men, a phrase only found again in Deu…
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