Judges 20:47

And the rest turned, and fled to the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, even six hundred men; and they sojourned four months in the rock of Rimmon.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

But six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness unto the rock Rimmon, and abode in the rock Rimmon four months.

In Context

46And all that fell of Benjamin were twenty-five thousand men that drew sword in that day: all these were men of might.

48And the children of Israel returned to the children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword from the city of Methla, even to the cattle, and everything that was found in all the cities: and they burned with fire the cities they found.

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Cross References

Psalms 103:9Thou hast set a bound which they shall not pass, 1 Neither shall they turn again to cover the earth. 1

Jeremiah 14:7Our sins have risen up against us: O Lord, do thou for us for thine own sake; for our sins are many before thee; for we have sinned against thee.

Habakkuk 3:2O Lord, I have heard thy report, and was afraid: 1 I considered thy works, and was amazed: 1 Thou shalt be known between the two living creatures, 1 Thou shalt be acknowledged when the years draw nigh; 1 Thou shalt be manifested when the time is come; 1 When my soul is troubled, thou wilt in wrath remember mercy. 1

Matthew Henry on Judges 20:27-48

The Defeat of the Benjamites. ( b. c. 1410.) 26 Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came unto the house of God, and wept, and sat there before the Lord , and fasted that day until even, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord . 27 And the children of Israel enquired of the Lord , (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days, 28 And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days,) saying, Shall I yet again go out to… Read the whole commentary →

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