Judges 20:1
And all the children of Israel went out, and all the congregation was gathered as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, and in the land of Gilead, to the Lord at Mizpah.
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Numbers 32:1And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a multitude of cattle, very great; and they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead; and the place was a place for cattle:
Deuteronomy 13:12And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall not again do according to this evil thing among you.
Joshua 15:38and Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel,
Joshua 18:26and Massema, and Miron, and Amoke;
Joshua 22:12And all the children of Israel gathered together to Shiloh, so as to go up and fight against them.
Judges 11:11And Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and ruler over them: and Jephthah spoke all his words before the Lord in Mizpah.
Matthew Henry on Judges 20:1
Into the book of the wars of the Lord the story of this chapter must be brought, but it looks as sad and uncomfortable as any article in all that history; for there is nothing in it that looks in the least bright or pleasant but the pious zeal of Israel against the wickedness of the men of Gibeah, which made it on their side a just and holy war; but otherwise the obstinacy of the Benjamites in protecting their criminals, which was the foundation of the war, the vast loss which the Israelites sustained in carrying… Read the whole commentary →