Judges 20:1

And all the sons of Israel go out, and the company is assembled as one man, from Dan even unto Beer-Sheba, and the land of Gilead, unto Jehovah, at Mizpeh.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2And the chiefs of all the people, of all the tribes of Israel, station themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen drawing sword.

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Cross References

Numbers 32:1And much cattle hath been to the sons of Reuben and to the sons of Gad, very many; and they see the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, and lo, the place [is] a place [for] cattle;

Deuteronomy 13:12'When thou hearest, in one of thy cities which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee to dwell there, [one] saying,

Joshua 15:38and Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel,

Joshua 18:26and Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,

Joshua 22:12And the sons of Israel hear, and all the company of the sons of Israel is assembled at Shiloh, to go up against them to war;

Judges 11:11And Jephthah goeth with the elders of Gilead, and the people set him over them for head and for captain, and Jephthah speaketh all his words before Jehovah in Mizpeh.

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 →

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