Judges 20:14
in Judges 20And from their cities they came together at Gibeah to go out and fight against the Israelites.
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ASV
And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities unto Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel.
KJV
But the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities unto Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel.
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This verse in Judges 20
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
from their cities they came together at Gibeah
on Judges 20:14-16
In the Berean, left-handed is said only of Ehud the Benjamite at 3:15 and of these men. Commentators set First Chronicles 12:2, where Saul’s kinsmen use both hands, beside the name Benjamin at Genesis 35:18, read as son of the right hand.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
But the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities unto Gibeah,....
The words behind it
11 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֵּאָסְפ֧וּ | vaiyeasefu | and they gathered | H622 → | 200 times |
| בְנֵֽי־ | venei- | [the] descendants of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| בִנְיָמִ֛ן | vinyamin | Benjamin | H1144 → | 166 times |
| מִן־ | min- | from | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| הֶעָרִ֖ים | hearim | the cities | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| הַגִּבְעָ֑תָה | hagivatah | <the> Gibeah towards | H1390 → | 45 times |
| לָצֵ֥את | latzet | to go out | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| לַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה | lamilchamah | for <the> battle | H4421 → | 320 times |
| עִם־ | ʾim- | with | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| בְּנֵ֥י | benei | [the] people of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
וַיֵּאָסְפ֧וּand they gathered
vaiyeasefuH622 →200 times
בְנֵֽי־[the] descendants of
venei-H1121 →4930 times
בִנְיָמִ֛ןBenjamin
vinyaminH1144 →166 times
מִן־from
min-H4480 →1188 times
הֶעָרִ֖יםthe cities
hearimH5892 →1090 times
הַגִּבְעָ֑תָה<the> Gibeah towards
hagivatahH1390 →45 times
לָצֵ֥אתto go out
latzetH3318 →1067 times
לַמִּלְחָמָ֖הfor <the> battle
lamilchamahH4421 →320 times
עִם־with
ʾim-H5973 →1050 times
בְּנֵ֥י[the] people of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Israel
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Numbers 21:23But Sihon would not let Israel pass through his territory. Instead, he gathered his whole army and went out to confront Israel in the wilderness. When he came to Jahaz, he fought against Israel.
it leads to
- Judges 11:20
But Sihon would not trust Israel to pass through his territory. So he gathered all his people, encamped in Jahaz, and fought with Israel.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 29:7–8
When you reached this place, Sihon king of Heshbon and Og king of Bashan came out against us in battle, but we defeated them.
- Judges 11:20
Through
Numbers 20:20But Edom insisted, “You may not pass through.” And they came out to confront the Israelites with a large army and a strong hand.
it leads to
- Amos 1:11
This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Edom, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he pursued his brother with the sword and stifled all compassion; his anger raged…
- Judges 11:17
Then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, ‘Please let us pass through your land,’ but the king of Edom would not listen. They also sent messengers to the king of Moab,…
- Ezekiel 35:5–11
Because you harbored an ancient hatred and delivered the Israelites over to the sword in the time of their disaster at the final stage of their punishment,
- Obadiah 1:10–15
Because of the violence against your brother Jacob, you will be covered with shame and cut off forever.
- Amos 1:11
Through
2 Chronicles 13:13Now Jeroboam had sent troops around to ambush from the rear, so that while he was in front of Judah, the ambush was behind them.
it leads to
- Joshua 8:9
So Joshua sent them out, and they went to the place of ambush and lay in wait between Bethel and Ai, to the west of Ai. But Joshua spent that night among the people.
- Joshua 8:4
with these orders: “Pay attention. You are to lie in ambush behind the city, not too far from it. All of you must be ready.
- Joshua 8:9
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth.
