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Judges 21:9

Judges 21:9
For the people were numbered, and, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead there.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

For the people were numbered,.... To know who did come up, and who did not, and particularly to know whether the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead did or not, against whom an information was brought:

and,…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Judges 21:1-15

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…