Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Judges 20:3

Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Judges 20:3 - 20:3

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Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Judges 20:3 - 20:3

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20:1 - 20:1
20:3 - 20:3
20:4 - 20:4
20:8 - 20:8
20:14 - 20:14
20:16 - 20:16
20:18 - 20:18
20:29 - 20:29
20:33 - 20:33
20:34 - 20:34
20:45 - 20:45
20:46 - 20:46
20:48 - 20:48

Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to Mizpeh - Some suppose that Benjamin had been passed over, the crime having been perpetrated within the territory of that tribe [Jdg 19:16]; and that, as the concubine’s corpse had been divided into twelve pieces [Jdg 19:29] - two had been sent to Manasseh, one respectively to the western and eastern divisions. It is more probable that Benjamin had received a formal summons like the other tribes, but chose to treat it with indifference, or haughty disdain.