Judges 20:34 BSB — MannaFest

Judges 20:34

Then 10,000 select men from all Israel made a frontal assault against Gibeah, and the battle was fierce. But the Benjamites did not realize that disaster was upon them.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And there came over against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was sore; but they knew not that evil was close upon them.

KJV

And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was sore: but they knew not that evil was near them.

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Commentary

1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Chosen men - Selected out of the main body, which was at Baal-tamar; and these were to march directly to Gibeah on the one side, whilst the liers in wait stormed it on the other side, and whilst the great body of the army laboured to intercept the Benjamites, who having pursued the Israelites that pretended to flee, now endeavoured to retreat to Gibeah.

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיָּבֹאוּ֩	vai.ya.vo.'U	and they came	H935 →
מִנֶּ֨גֶד	mi.Ne.ged	from before	H5048 →
לַגִּבְעָ֜ה	la.giv.'Ah	to <the> Gibeah	H1390 →
עֲשֶׂרֶת֩	'a.se.Ret	ten	H6235 →
אֲלָפִ֨ים	'a.la.Fim	thousand<s>	H505 →
אִ֤ישׁ	'ish	man	H376 →
בָּחוּר֙	ba.Chur	chosen	H977 →
מִכָּל־	mi.kol	from all	H3605 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
וְהַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה	ve.ha.mil.cha.Mah	and the battle	H4421 →
כָּבֵ֑דָה	ka.Ve.dah	it was heavy	H3513 →
וְהֵם֙	ve.Hem	and they	H1992 →
לֹ֣א	lo'	not	H3808 →
יָדְע֔וּ	ya.de.'U	they knew	H3045 →
כִּֽי־	ki-	that	H3588 →
נֹגַ֥עַת	no.Ga.'at	[was] about to touch	H5060 →
עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם	'a.lei.Hem	to them	H5921 →
הָרָעָֽה׃ פ	ha.ra.'Ah	<the> calamity	H7451 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Proverbs 4:19
But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they do not know what makes them stumble.
leads to
- John 12:35
  Then Jesus told them, “For a little while longer, the Light will be among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you. The one who walks in the…
- Isaiah 59:9–10
  Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We hope for light, but there is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in gloom.
- Job 18:5–6
  Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow.
- Jeremiah 23:12
  “Therefore their path will become slick; they will be driven away into the darkness and fall into it. For I will bring disaster upon them in the year of their punishment,” declares the LORD.
- 1 Samuel 2:9
  He guards the steps of His faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness; for by his own strength shall no man prevail.
Through
Isaiah 47:11
But disaster will come upon you; you will not know how to charm it away. A calamity will befall you that you will be unable to ward off. Devastation will happen to you suddenly…
leads to
- 1 Thessalonians 5:3
  While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
Through
Job 21:13
They spend their days in prosperity and go down to Sheol in peace.
leads to
- Job 36:11
  If they obey and serve Him, then they end their days in prosperity and their years in happiness.
Through
Joshua 8:14
When the king of Ai saw the Israelites, he hurried out early in the morning with the men of the city to engage them in battle at an appointed place overlooking the Arabah. But…
leads to
- Matthew 24:39
  And they were oblivious, until the flood came and swept them all away. So will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.