Judges 20:8

All the people arose together as one man, and they said, “None of us will go to his tent, and none of us will return to his house!

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In The King James Version

And all the people arose as one man, saying, We will not any of us go to his tent, neither will we any of us turn into his house.

In Context

7Now, all you Israelites, give your advice and counsel here.”

9But now this is what we must do to Gibeah: We will attack it as the lot directs us.

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Cross References

Judges 20:11So all the soldiers of Israel assembled against the city, as one man.

Judges 21:5The people of Israel said, “Which of all the tribes of Israel did not come up in the assembly to Yahweh?” For they had made an important promise concerning anyone who did not come up to Yahweh at Mizpah. They said, “He would certainly be put to death.”

Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatever your hand finds to do, work at it with your strength, because there is no work or explanation or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, where you are going. 1

Matthew Henry on Judges 20:2-12

The Combination Against Gibeah. ( b. c. 1410.) 1 Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the Lord in Mizpeh. 2 And the chief of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword. 3 (Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to Mizpeh.) Then said the children of… Read the whole commentary →

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