Judges 20:42 KJV

Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and them which came out of the cities they destroyed in the midst of them.

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...

Thompson Chains

  • PanicsSee the chain from Exodus 14:25 · 6 links

Cross References

  • Joshua 8:15 And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.
  • Joshua 8:24 And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they chased them, and when they were all fallen on the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all the Israelites returned unto Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword.
  • Lamentations 1:3 Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude: she dwelleth among the heathen, she findeth no rest: all her persecutors overtook her between the straits.
  • Hosea 9:9 They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah: therefore he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins.
  • Hosea 10:9 O Israel, thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah: there they stood: the battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity did not overtake 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
  • Strategy In war

Timeline

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

  • Therefore they turned וַיִּפְנוּ wayyipnû פָּנָה Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine plural · with and
  • before לִפְנֵי lipnê פָּנִים Noun · masculine or feminine plural construct · with preposition
  • the men אִישׁ ʾîš אִישׁ Noun · masculine singular construct
  • of Israel יִשְׂרָאֵל yiśrāʾēl יִשְׂרָאֵל Proper name
  • unto the way אֶל ʾel Preposition דֶּרֶךְ derek דֶּרֶךְ Noun · masculine or feminine singular construct
  • of the wilderness הַמִּדְבָּר hammidbār מִדְבָּר Noun · masculine singular · with the
  • but the battle וְהַמִּלְחָמָה wĕhammilḥāmâ מִלְחָמָה Noun · feminine singular · with and, the
  • overtook הִדְבִּיקָתְהוּ hidbîqātĕhû דָּבַק Verb · hiphil perfect, third person feminine singular · with suffix: third person masculine singular
  • them; and them which came out of the cities וַאֲשֶׁר waʾăšer Relative · with and מֵהֶעָרִים mēheʿārîm עִיר Noun · feminine plural · with preposition, the
  • they destroyed מַשְׁחִיתִים mašḥîtîm שָׁחַת Verb · hiphil active participle, masculine plural
  • in the midst אוֹתוֹ ʾôtô Object marker · with suffix: third person masculine singular בְּתוֹכוֹ bĕtôkô תָּוֶךְ Noun · masculine singular construct · with preposition, suffix: third person masculine singular

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