And the people came to the house of God , and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore;
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Gill's Exposition
And the people came to the house of God,.... Not to the city Bethel, as the Targum, Septuagint, and other versions, but to Shiloh, where were the tabernacle and ark; and this is to be understood of…
Barnes' Notes
To the house of God - It should be, “to Bethel.” See Jdg 20:18.
We may observe in these verses,
I. The ardent zeal which the Israelites had expressed against the wickedness of the men of Gibeah, as it was countenanced by the tribe of Benjamin. Occasion is here…
Cambridge Bible
came to Beth-el The characteristics of the B narrative reappear in this chapter: the resort to Beth-el till evencf. Jdg 20:18; Jdg 20:26; the weeping, intensified each time, cf. Jdg 20:23; Jdg 20:26;…
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