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Judges 20:14

in Judges 20

And from their cities they came together at Gibeah to go out and fight against the Israelites.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

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.

This verse in Judges 20

Commentary

2 notes on this verse

This 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 words

Every 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.

  • 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 stops

Each 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 21:23

    But 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.

  • Through

    Numbers 20:20

    But 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.

  • Through

    2 Chronicles 13:13

    Now 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.

Where this verse is studied

About Judges

Jael, Deborah and Barak, Salomon de Bray, 1635. Public domain.
Jael, Deborah and Barak, Salomon de Bray, 1635. Public domain.

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.