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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Judges 20:1

Jdg 20:1 Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh. Ver. 1. Unto the Lord in Mizpeh. ] Where was, they say, an oratory or synagogue; 1Ma 3:46 and that here was the first beginning of synagogues, which were as chapels of ease to the tabernacle or temple. That meet at Mizpeh, 1Sa 7:5 is very famous. Hither they resorted, as being in the heart of the country, when... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Judges 20:2

Jdg 20:2 And the chief of all the people, [even] of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword. Ver. 2. And the chief of all the people. ] Heb., The corners of all the people: for the chieftains and rulers bear up the people, and hold them together, as the corner stones do the whole building, which else would soon shatter and fall to ruin. a See the like in Zephaniah 3:6 . Diodat rendereth it, the cantons.... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Judges 20:3

Judges 20:3 (Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to Mizpeh.) Then said the children of Israel, Tell [us], how was this wickedness? Ver. 3. Then said the children of Israel, Tell us. ] This they said to the Levite, to his servant, and to the old man his host. Janius will have it spoken to the Benjamites, who should have answered by their agents at this meeting: who because they appeared not, the Levite remonstrateth the whole business briefly and... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Judges 20:4

Jdg 20:4 And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was slain, answered and said, I came into Gibeah that [belongeth] to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge. Ver. 4. The husband of the woman. ] She was not then his harlot, but a secondary wife, as is before noted. read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Judges 20:5

Jdg 20:5 And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about upon me by night, [and] thought to have slain me: and my concubine have they forced, that she is dead. Ver. 5. And the men of Gibeah. ] Some certain varlets there; not all the city, as once at Sodom. Gen 19:4-5 But because these were not punished, but countenanced, all became guilty. And thought to have slain me. ] As they have done my concubine: a and perhaps they threatened to kill him, if he would not come... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Judges 20:6

Jdg 20:6 And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel: for they have committed lewdness and folly in Israel. Ver. 6. For they have committed lewdness. ] Wickedness with a witness: such as may not go unpunished. read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Judges 20:7

Jdg 20:7 Behold, ye [are] all children of Israel; give here your advice and counsel. Ver. 7. Behold, ye are all children of Israel. ] This injury reacheth not to me alone, but to the whole community. read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Judges 20:8

Jdg 20:8 And all the people arose as one man, saying, We will not any [of us] go to his tent, neither will we any [of us] turn into his house. Ver. 8. And all the people arose as one man, saying. ] For the punishment of foul offences serio et sedulo ineumbendnm est, men must do their utmost; and not as Popish councils, which make a show only of reformation. Luther truly and trimly compared them to a company of foxes, which sweeping a foul room with their tails, raise a great dust, but remove... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Judges 20:9

Jdg 20:9 But now this [shall be] the thing which we will do to Gibeah; [we will go up] by lot against it; Ver. 9. We will go up by lot against it. ] They do not shake off the plaintiff, or send him to Gibeah for satisfaction, or defer the further hearing and determining of the cause, as the Areopagites dealt by the dame of Smyrna, whom they appointed to appear some hundred years after; but, We will presently go up, say they, and that by lot, that none may think himself wronged. read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Judges 20:10

Jdg 20:10 And we will take ten men of an hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and an hundred of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to fetch victual for the people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly that they have wrought in Israel. Ver. 10. To fetch victual for the people. ] For, Animantis cuiusque vita in fuga est, saith the philosopher: Were it not for the repair of nutrition, the natural life would soon be extinguished. read more

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