Judges 20:22 KJV

And the people the men of Israel encouraged themselves, and set their battle again in array in the place where they put themselves in array the first day.

Matthew Henry

  • The tribe of Benjamin nearly extirpatedThe Israelites' abhorrence of the crime committed at Gibeah, and their resolution to punish the criminals, were right; but they formed their resolves with...

Cross References

  • Judges 20:15 And the children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out of the cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, beside the inhabitants of Gibeah, which were numbered seven hundred chosen men.
  • Judges 20:17 And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war.
  • 1 Samuel 30:6 And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.
  • 2 Samuel 11:25 Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto Joab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth one as well as another: make thy battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it: and encourage thou him.
  • Psalms 64:5 They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?

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Topics

  • Armies Refusal to obey the summons, instance of
  • Benjamin Did not avenge the crime of the Gibeonites against the Levite’s concubine, the war that followed
  • Gibeah Destroyed by the Israelites
  • Israel Scandal of the Bethlehemite’s concubine, and the consequent war between the Benjamites and the other tribes
  • War Civil

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Bible Dictionary

  • IsraelThe name conferred on Jacob after the great prayer-struggle at Peniel (Gen 32:28), because “as a prince he had power with God and...

Hebrew and Strong’s

  • And the people הָעָם hāʿām עַם Noun · masculine singular · with the
  • the men אִישׁ ʾîš אִישׁ Noun · masculine singular construct
  • of Israel יִשְׂרָאֵל yiśrāʾēl יִשְׂרָאֵל Proper name
  • encouraged וַיִּתְחַזֵּק wayyitḥazzēq חָזַק Verb · hithpael sequential imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and
  • themselves, and set their battle מִלְחָמָה milḥāmâ מִלְחָמָה Noun · feminine singular
  • again וַיֹּסִפוּ wayyōsipû יָסַף Verb · hiphil sequential imperfect, third person masculine plural · with and
  • in array לַעֲרֹךְ laʿărōk עָרַךְ Verb · qal infinitive construct · with preposition
  • in the place בַּמָּקוֹם bammāqôm מָקוֹם Noun · masculine singular · with preposition with the
  • where they put themselves in array אֲשֶׁר ʾăšer Relative עָרְכוּ ʿārĕkû עָרַךְ Verb · qal perfect, third person common plural
  • the first הָרִאשׁוֹן hāriʾšôn רִאשׁוֹן Ordinal number · masculine singular · with the
  • day שָׁם šām Adverb בַּיּוֹם bayyôm יוֹם Noun · masculine singular · with preposition with the

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