Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Judges 20:48

Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Judges 20:48 - 20:48

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Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Judges 20:48 - 20:48

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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

the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword - This frightful vengeance, extending from Gibeah to the whole territory of Benjamin, was executed under the impetuous impulse of highly excited passions. But doubtless the Israelites were only the agents of inflicting the righteous retributions of God; and the memory of this terrible crisis, which led almost to the extermination of a whole tribe, was conducive to the future good of the whole nation.